Restricting student cellphone use during school hours doesn't appear to lift academic achievement, improve student attention, or boost attendance, at least in the short term, according to the first broad national study of phone bans by researchers at four universities.
The study examined schools that require students to place their phones in a Yondr pouch during the school day, one of the most restrictive ways to limit student cellphone use, according to Thomas Dee, a professor at Stanford University and one of the authors of the report.
Dee collaborated with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, and the University of Michigan in the analysis.
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