Cellphones are a threat to learning, so where are the adults?

 It's hard to believe there is any debate at this point around students using their cellphones in school.

Last year, Florida became the first state requiring all public schools to ban student cellphone use during classes.

"I'm not a clinician but it appears to be an addiction - just a complete inability to break away," said Kris Hagel, executive director of digital learning in the Peninsula schools, which serve Gig Harbor.

Peninsula High School finally instituted an experimental ban last spring.

"We've seen nothing but positives," says Peninsula School Board Vice President David Olson, who is running for state Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The school board in Gig Harbor anticipated blowback, but went ahead to do what felt educationally ethical.

The irony is that in Peninsula schools, kids are reporting vastly improved interpersonal relationships with their cellphones gone. 

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