Phones used to be banned in schools. Why did this change? They should still be banned in schools. No wonder these kids have zero attention span. Archive: https://archive.today/8yQ3Z From the post: >>A Tucson biology teacher says enough is enough. He's leaving the classroom over students not being able to put down their phones. He told News 4 he tried everything in the world to get the kids to power down but the appeal of what's on their cell phone is just too great. Mitchell Rutherford had been teaching biology at Sahuaro High School for over a decade.