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Parents in Philly-area districts want to ban cell phones in schools. But administrators are hesitant.

Parents in the rising movement to restrict phones say they know schools aren’t to blame for their ubiquity, or the addictive nature of social media. But, they say, schools have to lead the way.

Momentum is building in Pennsylvania to scale back students’ tech consumption in an environment saturated by screens — whether through all-out bans of cell phones or requirements students forfeit them during class, to restrictions on Chromebooks and even smartwatches.
Momentum is building in Pennsylvania to scale back students’ tech consumption in an environment saturated by screens — whether through all-out bans of cell phones or requirements students forfeit them during class, to restrictions on Chromebooks and even smartwatches.Read moreAnton Klusener / Staff Illustration / Photography by Getty Images