The case for keeping phones in schools

Queensland has announced plans banning smartphones in state schools from next year bringing them into line with the rest of the country except ACT.

While it seems like a no-brainer given how distracting and harmful smartphones can be to kids and teens, we get the full story with child psychologist Michael-Carr Gregg and Dr Jason Zagami, a senior lecturer at the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University.

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