Schools that ban mobile phones see better academic results

This is a problem that some parents get up at night. Should children bring mobile phones to school? Now economists insist that they have answers. This does not apply to parents who want to improve their child's academic outlook.

Research by Louis - Philippe Beland and Richard Murphy published by Economic Performance Center of London School of Economics that the effect of mobile phone banned from admission is equivalent to an additional weekly tuition fee for student's year .

"Bad communication: The influence of mobile phones on student performance" indicates that the score of the 16 year old student's test increased by 4% after school prohibited the use of mobile phones. Economists believe that this is quite equivalent to "5 days of school year"

The results of the survey will be the result of an ongoing discussion on the use of mobile phones by children. In the UK, over 90% of teenagers own mobile phones; in the United States there is only one out of three quarters. The popularity of these devices is causing problems for executive teachers and their attitudes towards technology becomes stronger as they become ubiquitous.

In the survey conducted in 2001, no school banned mobile phones. By 2007, this will rise to 50%, by about 2012 98% of schools were not allowed to use the phone on campus, or they handed it to the school at the beginning of the day.

However, some schools are beginning to limit the use of these devices. Mayor of New York Mayor Bill De Brazio cancels the 10 year ban on campus calls and the principal of the city said that it would reduce inequality

According to Beland and Murphy, this view is wrong, the ban increases student test scores, and found that the student with the worst score is twice the probability of that of ordinary students . This prohibition will have a greater positive impact on students with special educational needs and students eligible for free school lunch.

"We not only improved students' grades but also found that low education and low income students achieved the highest score.The effect of prohibited calls on these students was 1 hour a week at school Or 5 days increase in grade.

"Therefore, De Brasio can cancel the prohibition of mobile phones aimed at reducing inequality and in fact can lead to the opposite result.Allowing admission of mobile phones, It brings the greatest damage to students. "

Surveys were conducted at Birmingham, London, Leicester and Manchester schools before and after the ban. We consider sex, free school feeding qualification, special educational needs, and previous education level. Economists write, "Technological progress is often seen as improving productivity." "Modern technology is used to attract students and improve the performance in the classroom, although there are potential drawbacks because of the possibility of distraction."

According to the results of the London School of Economics Economic Performance Center, students improved their performance without using smartphones. According to the survey, if the mobile phone is a physically handicapped at school, it is equivalent to adding weekly school weeks each year to improve performance. The health implications of using mobile phones are becoming increasingly evident. Various studies have shown that there is a correlation between radiation emitted from the device and chronic health problems such as cancer and brain tumor. The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the data does not indicate a direct link between cell phones and cancer, but encourages cell phone manufacturers to limit the emission of radiation to an acceptable level I recommend it.

Earlier this year, the school in New York canceled the ban on mobile phones. In May, two scholars argue that extensively-read papers claiming that the student's performance in high-risk trials greatly improves after banning ("bad communication: skill, distracting , And student achievements "). A few weeks later, Barbados has canceled the long-term ban on using mobile phones at school. A discussion on whether or not to ban the phone at a Jamaican school in 2007 echoed the conversation in many states of the United States in 2002 and it is the responsibility of prohibition of prohibition or such prohibition against more local jurisdiction It led to the relocation of. For example, in California, the school banned using the phone since 1988.