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No, Education Minister, we don't have enough evidence to support banning mobile phones in schools

  • Written by Marilyn Campbell, Professor Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology
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Last week, South Australia announced a mobile phone ban in primary schools. Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan endorsed the ban, saying:

Data shows a correlation between the uptake of mobile phones by young people and a downturn in student performance.

The federal government put “mobile phones on the agenda” in a September...

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