"The study, published last month by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, examined how phone use in schools affects student well-being, attendance, behavior and test scores. The institute partnered with San Francisco-founded Yondr, the company that makes the magnetic, sealable pouches that lock students' phones away for the entire school day."
"To some degree, no-phone policies were beneficial: In-class phone use fell sharply, from 61% of students to 13%, with researchers using GPS phone pings to confirm a significant drop in phone activity. Teacher satisfaction with the cellphone policy also increased from 26% to 75%. But once phones were locked up, the researchers found that it didn't initially improve students' behavior as they had expected. It also produced its own set of problems."
"Thomas Dee, one of the Stanford researchers, told SFGATE that researchers only started seeing clear benefits after schools had used phone bans for two to three years, a finding he called "sobering." "I think many of us had perhaps naively thought that reducing phone use in schools would lead to clear and meaningful and immediate gains in certain student outcomes, and we're not quite seeing that," Dee said."
A Stanford University-led study examined whether banning phones during school hours improves student well-being, attendance, behavior, and test scores. The study compared about 43,000 middle and high schools over three years that adopted magnetic Yondr phone pouches with schools that did not. In-class phone use dropped from 61% to 13%, and teacher satisfaction rose from 26% to 75%. Despite these changes, behavior did not improve immediately as expected, and the policy created additional issues. Researchers reported that clearer benefits emerged only after schools used phone bans for two to three years, which they described as sobering. The findings suggest phone bans may help over time, but immediate effects are not guaranteed.
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