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The Guardian - teacher network:
Let the kids use their phones in class

20 May 2015

The London School of Economics showed that test scores of 16-year-old students were 6.4 percent higher after schools banned students from using mobile phones.

This article was published by the Guardian - Teacher Network on May 20, 2015
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Related publications
'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
Richard Murphy CEP publications webpage

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