Kansas school cellphone ban leans on legislators, rather than learning

By: Eric Thomas

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: March 27, 2026

Words: 1,418

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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When Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed into law the banning of cellphones in the state’s K-12 schools, she — along with the Legislature — sent a suitably belittling message: Cellphones are too big a problem for our educators.

As a former high school teacher and a current lecturer at the University of Kansas, I take that new law as a personal slight, while understanding that smartphones are mauling our classrooms.

Across Kansas each …

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