A large study on school cell phone bans has found mixed results. Teachers report fewer distractions when students lock phones ...

There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their ...

Banning cell phones in schools has been touted as a silver bullet for poor test scores and low student well-being and ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Cell phone bans in schools may not be working as intended according to new research out of the University of North Carolina. A state law required every school district to have a ...

Back in late August, Lester B. Pearson High School student Adyson Miniaci didn't know what to expect during her final year of ...

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If school committees resort to half measures on cell phone us, not fully banning them, the fight over what truly matters runs the risk of failure. Classroom teachers cannot re-capture the attention of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Board of Education adopted a brand-new cell phone policy restricting student cell phone usage in Hawaiʻi’s public schools on Feb. 12. The new rules regarding using ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As students returned from winter break across Oregon, a bell-to-bell cell phone ban went into effect in public schools statewide. The policy was put in place by Executive Order ...

Cell phone bans in schools may not be working as intended according to new research out of the University of North Carolina. A state law required every school district to have a policy in place by ...

Cellphone restrictions are now pervasive. Teachers, parents, and surprisingly students support them. But the bans have had no significant effect —positive or negative—on students’ social life or ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — In a world glued to screens, phones are part of every student's life — and Bakersfield City School District could roll out a game-changing cell phone policy. The ...