Schools ban phones, but do the policies work?

Cities, states and school districts are passing sweeping bans on cellphones in schools, aiming to get kids to pay attention during class and socialize with their peers IRL.

Why it matters: School cellphones policies are a difficult flashpoint: On one hand, the phones can be a useful learning tool and essential parent lifeline; on the other — well, they're a pretty obvious distraction.

Driving the news: It's suddenly gotten trendy to ban phones in school or make students lock them in a Yondr pouch — sometimes just in classrooms, but increasingly everywhere in school buildings throughout the day.

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