Áine Fallon
@afallon80.bsky.social
Post primary English teacher for 24 years
UCD Innovation Academy for Education
UCD Innovation Academy for Education
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There’s new evidence for what teachers suspected all along: Smartphones in class means bad behavior and low test scores. Columnist Julie Jargon looks at the effectiveness of school phone bans.
Classroom Phone Bans Work. So Why Don’t All Schools Do It?
When the screens are out of the way, kids are back to being kids—without the temptation to zone out electronically.
on.wsj.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
There’s new evidence for what teachers suspected all along: Smartphones in class means bad behavior and low test scores. Columnist Julie Jargon looks at the effectiveness of school phone bans.