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Spencer Cox: “Behavioral problems go down in every school where phones…”

Featuring: Spencer Cox, Republican | Governor of Utah

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Governor Shapiro joins Utah Governor Spencer Cox for Discussion on Political Violence

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:35

And so again, but this is an important conversation. We've banned them from our schools. Test scores go up in every school where they've been banned. Behavioral problems go down in every school where phones have been banned. Something magical happens. One school in particular, they thought there was a fight in the lunchroom because it was so loud in there. Principal runs into the lunchroom and realize there was no fight. (1:03:35–1:03:40)

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Asserts that banning phones in schools reduces behavioral problems.

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