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By Maureen Downey

A teacher sent me an interesting note about smartphones in classrooms. It was timely because I had a recent conversation with a friend about her teen's new smartphone.

I remarked a few months ago that her daughter differed from most teenage girls who always seem to be looking downward -- at their phones, their computers or their iPads. Her daughter was always looking outward at the world around her, full of interest and questions.

Her mother lamented a few weeks ago that her daughter now had a smartphone and was spending a lot of time looking down at the screen. (She and her friends had a deep attachment to a funny photo sharing program.) Mother and daughter weren

Get Schooled: Atlanta International School: Sale makes sense for us and APS

On Sunday, I shared a letter from an APS parent concerned about the district selling the former North Fulton High School site in Buckhead to the Atlanta International School, which has been renting the building and land since 1995. The sale would help APS plug a $61 million budget ...