On Sunday, France’s education minister announced that mobile phones will be banned from primary, junior, and middle schools, calling it a matter of “public health.”  Research is on Bloomberg—and the French government’s—side. According to a 2015 working paper (pdf) published by the London School of Economics, schools that banned mobile phones saw test scores for their 16-year-olds improve by 6.4%, or the equivalent of adding five days to the school year. “We found that not only did student achievement improve, but also that low-achieving and low-income students gained the most,” economists Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy told the BBC.

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Banned cell phones on French campuses are expected to be implemented in September 2018

According to a 2015 study by the London School of Economics and Politics, the 16-year-old student's grade increased by 6.4% in schools that banned cell phones, or the equivalent of five days of extra school days in a school year. Economists Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy told the BBC: "We noticed that not only did students score better, but among them, low-income and low-achieving students grew the most."

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