Students returning to Texas schools will have to learn to do without their cell phones.

State lawmakers banned them from classrooms to reduce distractions and hopefully improve student focus and mental health.

KERA’s Sam Baker talks more about this problem with Dr. Ken Jones, a Behavioral Health Clinical Officer for Texas Health Resources Behavioral Health.

Dr. Jones: The research has shown over time that the distractibility factor when it comes to cell phones, and the way the algorithms are created, they're designed to create a bit of an addiction.

We've had young people tell us this is a bit of a problem, and it's difficult for them to attend to education or even track with what's being taught in the classroom when there are so many alerts demanding their attention dai

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