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Sep 2024
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Should mobile phones be banned in school...

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About this episode

You share your comments and we welcome our panel of experts - Daniel Herbert of Fixby Phone Pouch, Dr Alison Burrows and Screenwise Child UAE’s Samantha Bohnacker in the studio to unpack this controversial topic.
We’re also joined by Horizon English School principal Nick Hart and Andy Perryer, Head of Digital Learning at Cognita to discuss the real deal at schools.

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