On the cell phone thing: I don't know what's right. My instincts welcome shutting down the tech during the day, but realistically - in my school district anyway - that just means using a different piece of tech. And more to the point: In the age of mass shootings, I'd rather my son have a way to reach out to the outside world if it comes to that.
Yeah, I know this is a common concern, but I don't see it as a high enough risk to affect day-to-day phone policy. I know you realize this already, but it's a very post-9/11 "we gotta spy on everyone just in case" argument. I've also never read a story--and this is not to say that such a story doesn't exist, only that I've never read it--in which kids having their own phones during a school shooting saved lives.
On the cell phone thing: I don't know what's right. My instincts welcome shutting down the tech during the day, but realistically - in my school district anyway - that just means using a different piece of tech. And more to the point: In the age of mass shootings, I'd rather my son have a way to reach out to the outside world if it comes to that.
Too paranoid? Maybe.
Yeah, I know this is a common concern, but I don't see it as a high enough risk to affect day-to-day phone policy. I know you realize this already, but it's a very post-9/11 "we gotta spy on everyone just in case" argument. I've also never read a story--and this is not to say that such a story doesn't exist, only that I've never read it--in which kids having their own phones during a school shooting saved lives.