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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: “The testing scores have gone up, the disciplinary problems…”

Featuring: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Independent | United States Secretary of Health and Human Services | National

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FULL SPEECH: Fireside Chat with Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. at CPAC 2026 - 03/28/26

Published | Video Starts at 17:16

Originally, the children were up in arms about it, but I went into the cafeteria and there were 600 kids in there. And they're all talking to each other. Nobody's looking at their lab. And. The testing scores have gone up, the disciplinary problems have gone down [in schools with cell phone restrictions]. Parents were there the day that I went and I pulled them, and they loved. And they said their child, some of them said their children are no longer using their cell phones in their car. (17:16–17:21)

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Asserts that cell phone restrictions in schools have led to improved test scores and reduced disciplinary issues.

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