The reasons for the ban in the state of Victoria, Australia - so far as I can gather from this article - are that they want students to talk to each other in the schoolyard, they want to end cyberbullying, and they want teachers to focus on schoolwork. As someone who went to school before the days of mobile phones, let me say this: students still won't talk to each other in the schoolyard, there will still be bullying, and students still won't focus on their schoolwork. A mobile phone ban is an example of magical thinking, and I'm quite sure nobody advocating the ban can describe exactly how better education will result (in a way that is not pure speculation).
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