Student cellphone prohibition improves test scores: Study

Published October 22, 2025 5:13pm ET



(The Center Square) – A new study shows “significant improvements” in student test scores in concert with banning cellphones in Florida schools.

The gains came in the second year of the ban, according to the study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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