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What happens when a school bans phones?

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What happens when a school bans phones?

What happens when a school bans phones in classrooms? You might be surprised. In NBC New York’s Generation Text report, the I-Team’s Chris Glorioso looks at one school district where administrators got so fed up, they banned phones altogether. The I-Team’s Chris Glorioso reports.

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