US schools are winning the phone-use battle, but not the learning war

“A major US study finds that strict school phone bans sharply reduce classroom phone use, but do not deliver broad gains in test scores, attendance, attention or online bullying. Discipline worsens in the first year, while student well-being dips before recovering later, suggesting that phone bans can control devices, but cannot by themselves rebuild learning, trust or classroom culture.

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