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Earlier this year, the state legislature passed a law that requires all school districts and charter schools in Minnesota to implement a student cell phone policy by the middle of next March.

As districts work to develop student cell phone policies, there are different ideas about what’s the best approach. Should schools ban cell phones completely during the academic day? Or, should they say students are not allowed to use them in classrooms or while classes are in session, but they can use them during passing times and while at lunch?

MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talked about how best to handle cell phones in schools.

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“Please put your phone away”: It’s a request being heard more frequently in classrooms. MPR News host Angela Davis and her guests talk about the debate over cell phone policies in schools.

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