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Box the phones, lift the strugglers: giant trial adds fresh weight to classroom bans

A randomised experiment with almost 17,000 students found that locking phones away during lessons nudged grades up

Box the phones, lift the strugglers: giant trial adds fresh weight to classroom bans

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