988’s LGBTQ+ hotline to relaunch this year. But the group that helped start it might be excluded

The Trevor Project’s Black worries that the next iteration of 988’s LGBTQ+ youth services “may exclude transgender and ...
New York Post

Study shows school cellphone bans have little effect on academics — but do have one huge benefit

A nationwide study of cellphone bans at thousands of American schools showed notable improvements in student wellbeing – but few of the testing gains proponents hoped for. The May study amassed data ...
Los Angeles Times

Five things to know about largest cellphone ban study

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The largest study of school phone bans finds mixed results. Locking phones away significantly reduced in-class use ...
SFGate

Stanford-led study reveals that school phone bans backfired at first

As schools across the country have steadily been locking up student phones during class time, a new Stanford University-led study found the policy isn’t doing much good, at least not in the short term ...
NBC Washington

Largest study ever weighs impacts of banning cellphones in schools

The largest study ever of school cellphone bans finds that they offer decidedly mixed results, with teachers reporting fewer distractions when students lock their phones away during the school day, ...
EdSource

Cellphone bans have little impact on academics or behavior, study finds

Cellphone bans reduced in-school phone use, but they did not immediately lead to better academic or behavioral outcomes, according to a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Stanford ...
Government Technology

Study Finds School Phone Bans Boost Student Wellness, Not Grades

(TNS) — As Pennsylvania lawmakers continue to try to forge a deal on a statewide school cell phone policy, a wide-ranging study has found that phone bans improve students’ well-being, but not ...
Penn Live

School phone bans boost wellness but not test scores, study says, as Pa. mulls statewide policy

As Pennsylvania lawmakers continue to try to forge a deal on a statewide school cell phone policy, a wide-ranging study has found that phone bans improve students’ well-being, but not necessarily ...
Newsday

Five Things to Know About Largest Cell Phone Ban Study

The largest study ever of school cell phone bans finds that they offer decidedly mixed results, with teachers reporting fewer distractions when students lock their phones away during the school day, ...
Inc

New Study Finds School Phone Ban Benefits Could Be Overstated

Back to square one. Despite optimism in statewide mandates to enforce schools to prohibit phone usage, the positive effects of implementation might not be seen until years later, and may not be as ...
Scientific American

School cell phone bans may boost student well-being—but not test scores, new study suggests

Cell phone bans in schools are working—at least as far as keeping kids off their phones during school, according to a new working paper. But the bans, which have been touted by researchers, educators ...