Cell phone bans in schools aren’t working, so teachers are
coming up with ways to make phones part of their curriculum.
According to MSNBC, almost 70 percent of high-schools have cell
phone bans in place, but a majority of students use them anyway.
Out of the over 400 text messages that teens send every day,
almost a quarter of them are during class time. While texting is
an annoyance, the real problem teachers have with phones in
class is the cheating. Common Sense Media is a non-profit group
that studies how kids use technology. In a recent study they
found that a third of all students use cell phones to cheat.
They’ll keep notes on the screen to help them in quizzes or text
a friend to get correct answers. Some even say they’ve taken a
picture of a quiz and sent it to their friends who’ll be taking
the test later. Punishing the students and banning phones hasn’t
worked. So teachers and administrators are changing their tune
on bans. The American Association of School Administrators says
it’d be a shame not