A new study in Florida found that students separated from their cellphones during school hours had fewer absences and higher test scores. The latest data showed disciplinary incidents stabilizing and test scores rising by roughly two to three percentile points compared to pre-ban levels, researchers reported.
Anna Kutz and Brooke Shafer for NewsNation:
The new study is not peer-reviewed and only looked at one large Florida school district, but researchers said it is the first evidence of the effects of a statewide cellphone ban.
Florida was the first state to pass such a law, but a majority of states have followed suit with laws banning or regulating cellphone use in schools.
With roughly 25% of children owning a cellphone by age 8, students across the nation are feeling the effects of these bans and regulations.
Superintendents at four school districts in Connecticut said they have not only seen academic improvement, but also improved mental health.
The principal at Lakeside High School near Atlanta told CBS News that faculty saw a positive change in student behavior after banning phones during the school day.
Read “The Impact Of Cellphone Bans In Schools On Student Outcomes” report via the National Bureau of Economic Research here.
MacDailyNews Take: Bell-to-bell bans of smartphones should be the policy of every K-12 school, public and private.
Too much screen time is too much screen time.
When asked in 2010 how his children liked Apple’s new iPad, Steve Jobs replied, “They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”
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