Mobile phones will be banned in New South Wales public high schools from October 2023. On Monday, NSW Premier Chris Minns announced the mobile phone ban would start at the beginning of Term 4 and follows election promises to reduce ...

High schools around the country have banned mobile phones to ensure students' wellbeing and learning outcomes, yet research shows it does not provide the expected effect in the long term. Schools choosing to ban mobile phones often believe it will ...

Mobile phone bans in public schools have been rolled out across several states in the last two years – but what does the evidence say about the move? In a 2015 paper co-authored by Louis-Philippe Beland, an assistant professor of ...