📚 Education Aug 19, 2026 · Dan Clark

The Case Against the Classroom Cellphone Crackdown

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In 2025, my home state of Missouri passed a law, Senate Bill 68, that prohibits students from possessing any electronic communication device from the start of the school day until the end of the school day. “It’s simple — cell phones have no place in Missouri classrooms,” Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe posted on X, formerly Twitter. It has become a concerning cycle in education: When any new technology becomes prevalent in our kids’ world — from TV to video games, and computers to the rise of AI — pol

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