Banning mobile phones in schools: evidence from regional-level policies in Spain

Which beliefs it touches

• C6 Phones in lessons backs it up

  Abstract: Spanish regional bans from 2015, synthetic control and DiD on regional PISA; positive and significant maths and science effects reported for Galicia (0.6–0.8 and about 0.72–1 years of learning), with significant score effects reported only for that region; bullying fell in both. Region-level, not pupil-level. Open access, but the full text was blocked from the box.

• C36 Phone bans and lower achievers sets a limit on it

  Abstract: region-level PISA averages only; no split by prior achievement, so it cannot test whether lower achievers gain more.