Pros And Cons Of Cell Phones In School

Imagine you are a student in school and a school shooting happens. You need to get in contact with emergency services and you cannot reach the classroom phone, but oh wait, you have your cell phone in your pocket. Another scenario is say that there is a family emergency, such as a parent being in an accident, or a grandparent has died and the student needs to know what is happening and arrange to leave early. This is the reason students should have their cell phones in class. I will discuss the pros and cons of students being able to have their cell phones in class; and the effect of grades and cell phone uses. I believe that students should be allowed to have their cell phone in schools.
Although I believe that students should be allowed

Still sixty-five percent of cell owning teens at the schools that completely ban phones bring their phones to school every day.” “Fifty-eight percent of cell owning teens at schools that ban phones have sent a text message during class.” Even when schools ban phones students will still use them secretly. “In the same Pew study it found that twelve percent of the students they surveyed could have their phones anytime at school , sixty-two percent say they can have their phones at school just not in the classroom.” “In another study it found sixty- sixty percent of students are not allowed to use a tablet for learning purposes in the classroom, and 88% are not allowed to use a phone.” “The Pew study found of the parents survey ninety-eight percent say that the reason their child has their phone at school is they can be in touch no matter where the teen is.” “A study in England found that following a ban on phone use, the school 's test scores improved by sixty-four percent, the average test score rose by fourteen percent .” “Pew in junction with American life project and the university of Michigan found that in schools that allow cellphones seventy-one percent of students sent or received text messages on their cell phones in class.” In a high school in California it found that “sixty to seventy percent” of the students had cell phones, of the students who had cell phones “eighty to ninety percent” could send text messages, “ninety to ninety-five percent ” could take and send photos, and “thirty to forty percent” had mobile