[yellow_postit]

Do you actively work in a classroom? As the earlier poster said — this can’t workably be “yet another thing” Teachers are expected to do.

Even if schools hired dedicated staff to police, remove, and redistribute phones it’d likely be ineffective.

Schools are hunting for solutions that need either Societal or Govermental led change.

I expect the wave of kids from internet native kids will be given access to social media at a much slower clip.

[throwaway74432]

It's not "yet another thing" to get your classroom under control. That's step 1, before any other things can be accomplished.

[yellow_postit]

Please go talk to a teacher, any teacher, in public schools. You’re drastically oversimplifying a complicated topic.

[throwaway74432]

Most public school teachers I've interacted with are apathetic powerless bureaucrats. My experience in private school is different. We had corporal punishment and other severe punishments there, and teachers actually had control of their classrooms and could teach effectively.

My point isn't that teachers are to blame. I understand that the issue is systemic and requires support of the school, parents, and teachers. I just disagree that controlling the classroom is "yet another thing" for a teacher to worry about, when it is literally priority #1.