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    Do you want your children to do better in exams? Then take away their smartphones.

    Do you want your children to do better in exams? Then take away their smartphones. (Sorry, kids!)
    Schools that ban students from carrying phones see a clear improvement in their test scores, according to a study by the London School of Economics.

    "We found the impact of banning phones for these students equivalent to an additional hour a week in school, or to increasing the school year by five days," researchers Richard Murphy and Louis-Philippe Beland said.
    http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/18/tech...ban/index.html



    It found that following a ban on phone use, the schools' test scores improved by 6.4%. The impact on underachieving students was much more significant -- their average test scores rose by 14%.
    Are cell phones banned in our local schools?

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    In 2011, Lancaster was one of the first high schools in the area to utilize cell phones for instructional purposes.

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    How does one utilize a cell phone for instructional purposes?

    Do you mean email?

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