Oxford Hills students look back at a full year under a cellphone ban

Story by Jacob Murphy
April 14, 2026

Excerpt: " 'It's gotten easier. You get used to it. It's just like a new habit,' said Joseph Bobrowski, a sophomore at the school.

"Inside a world history class, students are working on a group project based on the Industrial Revolution. There were no phones in sight, which would have been unusual to see a year ago.

" 'Everyone would be on their phones, be it texting, gaming, but now there's a lot of people actually talking and laughing,' said Caelynn St. Laurent, a sophomore.

" 'It's kind of reminiscent of pre-cellphone, in terms of kids interacting with each other and just being kids, which is great,' said school principal Paul Bickford.

"It follows the logic of a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research. The report tracks schools that use lockable pouches for phones, a system that was implemented at Portland High School."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/public-safety-and-emergencies/health-and-safety-alerts/oxford-hills-students-look-back-at-a-full-year-under-a-cellphone-ban/ar-AA23egiT

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Govt Proposes Smartphone Ban For Students Under 16 #mobilephones #smartphoneban #socialmedia

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/370297/govt-proposes-smartphone-ban-for-students-under-16/

From burner phones to decks of cards: NYC teens are adjusting to the smartphone ban - Gothamist

https://gothamist.com/news/from-burner-phones-to-decks-of-cards-nyc-teens-are-adjusting-to-the-smartphone-ban

A week into the ban on internet-enabled devices, students say they are making it work.

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Study finds #smartphone bans in Dutch #schools improved focus

https://www.reuters.com/technology/study-finds-smartphone-bans-dutch-schools-improved-focus-2025-07-04/

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Silicon Valley has known this for years and not only didn't care, actively promoted it. Look at the state of America now for an example of where we are heading. If only we had a PM who would actually stand up to America....

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/07/the-crux-of-all-evil-what-happened-to-the-first-city-that-tried-to-ban-smartphones-for-under-14s

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🚫 #SmartphoneBan può aprire porte a conseguenze inaspettate. Scopri tutti i dettagli nelle nostre ultime ricerche. #TechImpact 📵

🔗 https://www.tomshw.it/smartphone/vietare-smartphone-le-conseguenze-che-non-ti-dicono

Oh yeah, they're really going to fuck this up, aren't they?~
Don't listen to children, don't listen to parents, just ban something and bend to Big Money, just as always.
No wonder the Youth is nihilistic.....

https://news.sky.com/story/will-the-pm-side-with-parents-or-tech-bros-labour-peer-demands-action-on-childrens-smartphone-safety-13341354

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