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Cambridgeshire headteacher explores banning mobile phones

17 September 2015

The new Cottenham principal said research by the London School of Economics found that on average schools that have a ''hard ban'' on mobile phones see a 6 per cent increase in their results.

This article was published by the Cambridge News on September 17, 2015
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Related publications
In brief... Phone home: should mobiles be banned in schools?, Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy, CentrePiece Volume 20, Issue 1, Summer 2015
'Ill Communication: Technology, Distraction and Student Performance', Louis-Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1350, May 2015

Related links
Richard Murphy webpage
Education and Skills Programme webpage

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