Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Cell Phones Should Be Banned in Schools Ron Kurtus 11
2 Mobile Phones Poison in Schools, but Don't Blame Teachers-Blame Parents! Frances Childs 15
3 Storage Services Accommodate Students Facing Cell Phone Bans Kelly Bare 21
4 Campus Safety Must Be Considered if Cell Phones Are Allowed in Schools: National School Safety and Security Services 27
5 Students Have a Right to Privacy if Their Cell Phones Are Confiscated Student Press Law Center 36
6 A Is for App: Smartphones, Handheld Computers Sparked Revolution Anya Kamenetz 41
7 Smartphones Do Not Benefit Classroom Learning Maclean's 53
8 Teaching Students Cell Phone Responsibility Can Begin Early Liz Kolb 57
9 Children in Elementary School Are Too Young for Cell Phones Marguerite Reardon 62
10 Smartphones: Teaching Tool or Brain Candy? Mark Frydenberg Wendy Ceccucci Patricia Sendall 69
Organizations to Contact 74
Bibliography 78
Index 82
