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Eighth-grader Ja' Nae Dorsey (R) unlocks her cell phone pouch after school followed by her twin sister La' Mae Dorsey (L) and 7th-grader Hayden Jones (C) at Mark Twain Middle School in Alexandria, Virginia, on March 6, 2025. The phone ban at the School is among a wave of measures implemented around the US, and is part of a global movement replicated in Brazil, France and beyond. Supporters believe restrictions will guard pupils from the apparent harms of smartphone use while at school, but opponents say the measures fail to prepare teenagers for the digital world they will inevitably enter. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)