New Hampshire's bell-to-bell cell phone ban successful with the return of email, Uno and loud lunchrooms

On the first day of school this fall, students across New Hampshire experienced a revolutionary change to their education: the dawn of the bell-to-bell cell phone ban.Students predicted the ban would either be met with widespread noncompliance or not enforced by teachers and administrators at all. Education reporter Jeremy Margolis joins the podcast this week to discuss how the phone ban has fared and the Monitor's new student reader advisory board.Read Jeremy's reporting at https://www.concordmonitor.com/2025/11/24/new-hampshire-school-phone-ban-update/?preview_id=350647&preview_nonce=0745ffb7e5&preview=true&_thumbnail_id=337140.The theme music in this episode was produced by Lizzy McCormack with additional music from Lo-Fi Beat by YellowTree on FreeSound.org.mp3Engage with us! To submit a My Turn, send an email to [email protected] with the submission in the body of the email. To submit a Letter to the Editor or to read more about the Monitor’s Opinion guidelines, visit concordmonitor.com/opinion.Find us on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok at @ConcordMonitor.The Monitor Weekly is a Concord Monitor project produced and edited by Rebeca Pereira and Alexander Rapp.