I happen to think the cell phone ban is a good idea… The best thing would probably be to allow students to carry a cell phone, but have them turn it off during classes to avoid cheating and/or disrupting the lesson. However, I guess that would be next to impossible to enforce. I don’t know how Americans behave in regards to “silent mode” on cell phones, but I know for a fact that in french universities, during any given 1-hour class, no matter what you tell students, at least one phone will ring. I went to the movies yesterday, and even though you have adds just before the film telling you to switch your phone off, one cell phone rang during the show… So while I understand parents’ desire to know where their children are, I still believe cell phones do not belong in schools.