Most adults agree: Ban phones in schools. But that's the easy part — social media is the harder question.
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI A new Pew study says nearly 70% of adults agree that schools should ban phones during class. Teachers have been urging a ban on phones — and more and more schools are agreeing. But the broader topic of social media and its effects on teen mental health is still being debated. In the running debates on teens and kids using cellphones in school — and social media's effects on young people — there's at least one thing most adults seem to agree on: banning phones in school. The Pew Research Center just released a report of recent polling in which 68% of adults surveyed said middle and high school students shouldn't be allowed to use their phones during class. (Most thought kids should have access during lunch and between classes — and 36% thought phones should be locked up all day.) An increasing number of schools around the country are banning phones. Teachers are overwhelmingly in favor of these cellphone bans — 90% of National Educatio
