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Do mobile phones have a place in the future of education?
31 October 2017
Study in 2015 published by the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. showed that across multiple schools, when mobile phones were banned, tests scores went up an average of 6.4% in 16 year olds. Even more importantly, this ban helped those who were from the most disadvantaged backgrounds and were doing less well academically. This is evidence that cannot be ignored.