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The student news site of Westford Academy

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A phone is on the home screen of Google Classroom.

Banning phones in schools helps, but at what cost?

Gabriel Freeman, Co-Sports Editor Oct 14, 2025

As of April 2025, an estimated 5.81 billion people in the world use a smartphone, which is roughly 71% of the world's population. It hasn't even been 40 years since the first smartphone came out, and now, one in every five people worldwide are addicted to their phones. That's causeĀ for concern. If something...