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We should ban smartphones from schools

16 March 2016

Last year a London School of Economics study found that banning phones from school boosts exam results and benefits low-achieving and low-income pupils the most.

This article was published by The Times on March 16, 2016
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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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