Education

during the class day.

I've taught middle school as a substitute. There's no way you can re-capture the attention of a majority of the students with phones and direct them to do the necessary classwork.

As a teacher, you can't take away their phones. They text and receive texts. They show videos. And some have school-issued laptops which may not be restricted to classwork. The kids get hyperexcited by what's on their phones, unlike principles of osmosis. It's akin to eschewing a plate of steaming broccoli for a nice chocolate cream pie and all you can eat.

And if they don't do the classwork, you can be damned sure they won't do the work as homework.

So whatever minimal education is intended, it's not being absorbed.