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11-year-old expected to have smartphone in school

Educators in Wales buck international trend of getting rid of them from the classroom

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Oct 25, 2024
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Kids on their smartphones

Many places are limiting childrens' exposure to the Internet and removing smartphones from the school classroom. In one school in Wales, though, they're encouraging it. Official guidance is that mobile phones are "used effectively to support learning" and the BBC reports on an 11-year-old girl unable to participate in a lesson b…

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