'Don't use the phones,' Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells students
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Ontario's latest attempts to limit cellphone use in classrooms are designed to help students focus on learning, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. The province's education minister announced new rules Sunday on cellphone and social media use in elementary and high schools. Ford said his message to students in class is simple: do not use cellphones. "The teachers want the kids to pay attention, it's as simple as that," Ford said at an unrelated announcement in Ottawa. "It's not that...

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