New Study Finds School Phone Ban Benefits Could Be Overstated

New Study Finds School Phone Ban Benefits Could Be Overstated

While the policies have been praised by teachers, a new review hasn’t found the positive impacts many hoped.

School cellphone bans don’t affect test scores or attendance, study finds

While cellphone bans have reduced unauthorized usage in schools, there has been little academic benefit, according to a new study.

Study: School Phone Bans Don't Make Everything Better

As some schools have pushed phones out of classrooms, a massive new study suggests the payoff is nuanced. Researchers tracking more than 40,000 US schools between 2019 and 2026 found that strict "locked pouch" bans slashed in-class phone use—but didn't lift test scores or attendance, and were paired...

School cell phone bans may boost student well-being—but not test scores, new study suggests

Banning cell phones in schools has been touted as a silver bullet for poor test scores and low student well-being and attendance, but new research suggests the results are more mixed

Smartphone bans in school offer mixed results, study finds

School phone bans get devices out of students’ hands, but led to no improvement in discipline or test scores, a large-scale study found. Thousands of US schools require students to put phones in locked pouches; the researchers observed the impact over three years, compared to schools that did not introduce the policy. Attendance rate, self-reported attention in class, and test scores all showed little or zero change; disciplinary incidents and s…

Did school cellphone bans work? New study finds mixed results. - The Boston Globe

The bans have achieved only some of the goals that educators and parents hoped for, at least so far, according to a new study.