School phone bans are working in Toronto elementary schools — and failing in high schools

Concerns that phones and social media are harming student learning and youth mental health have pushed school systems across Canada and the United States to restrict student phone use. Are the restrictions working? We asked elementary and secondary teachers in Canada’s largest school district, in collaborative research conducted with Elementary Teachers of Toronto and Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation Toronto. Easy to announce, difficult to implement This isn’t the first, or even…