Beyond the Ban: What Schools Learn From Limiting Students’ Phone Use
Phones are now a daily part of school life, but the way schools handle them often puts teachers in an impossible position. This piece looks beyond the debate over bans to examine what actually changes when phone policies are treated as shared expectations rather than individual enforcement. Drawing on research and lived experience, it explores how clarity, consistency, and culture shape focus, energy, and classroom life.
Keep the Principal, Keep the Teachers
Teacher retention is often framed as a staffing problem, but stability inside a school begins with leadership. When principals stay long enough to build trust, align priorities, and protect teachers’ time, the entire building benefits. When leadership churn becomes the norm, even strong schools feel the strain. Research shows that keeping principals supported, focused, and sustainably positioned is one of the clearest ways to keep great teachers in classrooms. Retention doesn’t start with incentives or slogans. It starts with leadership systems that actually work.