Chalkbeat New York - Cell phone ban for NYC schools could come ‘within 2 weeks,’ Chancellor David Banks says
Education Week - School Cellphone Ban Is Critical for ‘Addicted’ Students, NYC Chancellor Says
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What internet addiction does to the brain:
https://journals.plos.org/mentalhealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmen.0000022
UNESCO's report covering 14 countries & recommending a cell phone ban in schools: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385723
97% of teens use their phones during the school day:
https://www.k12dive.com/news/teen-cell-phone-use-schools/694901/
JAMA Pediatrics study about the harms of screen time exposure on infants:
https://www.doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.3869
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Joelle Renstrom's essays on phones:
https://aeon.co/essays/can-students-who-are-constantly-on-their-devices-actually-learn (the essay that established relationship with YONDR)
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-happened-when-i-made-my-students-turn-off-their-phones (essay about the YONDR experiment)
http://theconversation.com/is-secondhand-screen-time-the-new-secondhand-smoking-129500 (an opinion piece in which I call "secondhand screen time" the new secondhand smoking).
