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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fun story: at back to school night at one of the non-Yondr APS schools, a teacher had a big orange crate at the front of the class with a sign "CELL PHONES HERE," his $5 solution to kids paying attention in his class and a policy he has had in place for years. One of the parents asked whether a Yondr pouch would be a better solution than the orange crate. He hedged a little, presumably not wanting to call our local school systems idiots. But then he gave his answer: the orange crate does the job and has for years. If it ain't broke.[/quote]

too bad APS isn't listening to actual teachers, just the (few loud voices) of anti screen crazy parents!!! [/quote]

Most teachers support no phones, and he probably doesn’t care either way. He didn’t hedge because he didn’t want to make them look bad, he just doesn’t care as long as screens are away. [/quote]

most teachers? hahahaha[/quote]
A strong majority, 76%?  Is that about the same as most?  Is there a better word, maybe preponderance?

https://teachinglicense.study.com/featured-insights/mobile-bans-increase-engagement-and-learning-time.html[/quote]

That’s in favor of phones away in classes, not locked in stupid pouches all day[/quote]

This. I think there is a strong consensus among both parents and teachers that phones should be away during instructional time, but that's not the issue here. You can't ask teachers one question (should phones be out during instruction) and use their answer to support a much broader policy. The issue is really whether schools are justified in spending scarce resources and risking unintended consequences to jail phones from bell to bell when there are more tailored measures available. There are lots of good reasons for students to be able to be in touch with their parents and Yondr will not magically solve the bogeymen (social media, etc.) the Luddites are raging about. Yondr's stated "evidence" in favor of its pouches is that suicide and depression rates have gone up since 2010. And therefore these changes are caused by cell phones. And therefore our kids will no longer be depressed if their phones are out of reach during the school day. And therefore, you need a Yondr pouch because kids will violate policies but will never figure out how to unlock the pouch. And, and, and. Each of these logical leaps lacks evidence. You may [i]believe [/i]that all cell phones are bad at all times for all kids but you've gotten well beyond fact at that point. And once we've gotten well beyond fact, the schools shouldn't be spending money or creating problems that don't need to exist.
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