General Articles & Resources

• Education Next: Take Away Their Cell Phones
  
• Washington Post: Students Can’t Get Off Their Phones, Schools Have Had Enough
  
• The Atlantic: The Schools that Ban Smartphones
  
• Christian Science Monitor: Phone use is ‘out of control,’ teachers say. What’s the solution?
  
• KSDK: How This School District (Jennings) in St. Louis County is Stopping Phone Use in Class 
  
• Ed Source: Get Smartphones out of K-12 Classrooms
  
• BBC News: UN Warns of Risks of having smartphones in School
  
• Washington Post: How a Connecticut Middle School Won the Battle Against Cellphones
  
• Surgeon General Issues Urgent Warning About Kids and Social Media
  
• Fox 2 News: FBI Warns About Sex Crimes Targeting Young Boys in St. Louis Area (Sextortion) 
  
• Washington Post Opinion: Why We Should Ban Smartphones in Schools 
  
• New York Times Opinion: Yes, We Do Know Social Media Isn't Safe for Kids 
  
• New York Times Opinion: Why Are Teens in Crisis? Here's What the Evidence Says
  
• Government of UK website: Mobile Phones Banned in Schools in England
  
• Sweeping Lawsuits in 41 States Claim Instagram, Facebook are Addictive and Harmful for Kids
  
• Schools Crack Down on Cellphones, Sparking Debate
  
• Queensland, Australia to Ban Cell Phones in School
  
• Education Week: Kids' Declining Mental Health is the "Crisis of Our Generation' Surgeon General Says
  
• NPR: Major Psychologists' Group Warns of Social Media's Potential Harms to Kids
  
• NPR: The Truth About Teens, Social Media and the Mental Health Crisis