Cellphones Out, Focus In? Ontario’s Bold School Plan

About this episode

Greg Brady discusses Ontario's potential ban on cellphones in schools with education advocate Karen Vaites.

Greg Brady spoke to Karen Vaites, Education advocate and Founder of the Curriculum Insight about Ontario students could be banned from cellphones even during lunch and breaks, education minister says. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Greg Brady

Guest: Karen Vaites

Topics covered

• education
• cellphone policy
• student focus
• school plan
• Ontario education

Keywords

• Ontario
• cellphones
• education
• students
• school policy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Curriculum Insight

Places: Ontario

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