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Re:School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement (NBER Digest) by huhkerrf on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @02:45AM (#46131355)
There have been 70 school shootings (not mass shootings) this year, including accidental discharges. Required caveat that any school gun deaths are too much, etc. etc.

But... this means that a student is significantly more likely to get injured or killed riding in car with their friends, but somehow that was allowed before phones. The school shootings excuse is not a reason to let kids have phones in schools.

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Re:School Cell Phone Bans and Student Achievement (NBER Digest) by JeremyNT on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @11:07AM (#46136122)
Sure, and you can point out the stats all day long, but you're not going to defeat irrational parental concerns with this One Weird Trick.

So much of the way we treat education is based on vibes rather than reality.

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