Respect my authority, kids
By Kelly Fiveash → More by this author
Published Monday 19th November 2007 13:09 GMT
Mobile phones would be outlawed in UK classrooms under Conservative Party plans to beef up discipline in schools.
The Tories said in an education policy document that they wanted to see authority returned to teachers. They reckoned an important part of that proposal would include a crackdown on the use of mobile phones.
David Cameron et al want to see more power handed to teachers because of concerns over disruptive behaviour and bullying in the classroom and school playground, including the increase in "happy slapping" incidents among teenagers using camera phones.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/19/tories_outlaw_mobile_phones_schools/