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School restrictive smartphone policies may save a small amount of money by reducing staff costs

School restrictive smartphone policies may save a small amount of money for schools, primarily by reducing the amount of time staff spend on managing phone-related behaviors, but they make little difference to pupils' quality of life or mental well-being, finds a health economic analysis, published...

School restrictive smartphone policies may save a small amount of money by reducing staff costs
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School restrictive smartphone policies may save a small amount of money for schools, primarily by reducing the amount of time staff spend on managing phone-related behaviors, but they make little difference to pupils' quality of life or mental well-being, finds a health economic analysis, published in the online journal BMJ Mental Health.

Originally published at Phys.org

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