The Guardian view on phones in schools: like the devices, this ban is a distraction | Editorial

The education secretary is lagging behind headteachers - and ignoring much bigger problems That smartphones cause problems in schools is not a novel observation. It is roughly a decade since they became ubiquitous in the UK - along with many other countries - including among teenagers. Since then, day-to-day experience and research have created widespread awareness of the social and behavioural difficulties with which they are linked - despite their huge popularity and undoubted entertainment va...