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I was in school when mobile phones were just becoming accessible, and our school had a blanket ban on them. If they were out of your backpack or locker anywhere other than the lunchroom, it got taken away and you could pick it up at the end of the day from the principals office.

It blows my mind that anyone could try to teach a room full of young kids without such a policy... what a daunting task.

I taught H.S. for a year and setup banks of USB universal phone chargers at the back of the classroom. Students could charge their phone if they put on silent but could not get out of their seats without permission. It actually did help foster involvement in our lessons.

They can get a dumb phone for the child then.

My local schools have a no phone policy. It’s not that hard to implement.