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Does your phone feel like a blessing or a burden? Either way, there’s probably a lot you can learn from new phone bans. <\/p>\n
Many K-12 students are going phone-free – but not by choice. In over half the country, there are now restrictions on cellphone possession and use in class. The goal is to increase student focus and enhance learning…but when you think about school shootings, phones have been a big part of parents’ safety plans for their kids. So are phone bans the best solution? And what do these policies teach all of us about the role phones play in our lives?<\/p>\n
Brittany is joined by\u00a0David Figlio<\/a>, professor of economics at the University of Rochester, and\u00a0Kathy Do<\/a>, Assistant Project Scientist at University of California Los Angeles to find out.<\/p>\n Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluse<\/a><\/p>\n For handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR\u2019s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org\/podclub<\/a>.<\/p>\n This episode was produced by Corey Antonio Rose. It was edited by Neena Pathak. Our Supervising Producer is Barton Girdwood. Our Executive Producer is Veralyn Williams. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.<\/p>\n