Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phones sit in a caddy in Kyanna McCall’s seventh-grade classroom at Rolesville Middle School on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Travis ...

Michigan is banning smartphones during class time in public schools, starting this fall ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called for restrictions on student cell phone use in class. Many states have already enacted ...

The statistics are somewhat startling. Teens receive as many as 237 notifications on their smartphones daily and spend close to eight hours a day on screens, with an average of 1 1/2 of those hours ...

Students in Hinsdale High School District 86 and Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 have limits on when they ...

The legislation is clear. Personal communication devices must be put away during the entire school day while on school ...

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This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. (CHALKBEAT INDIANA) — Since Indiana's school cellphone ban went into effect in 2024, classroom ...

A bill that would ban student cellphone use in Pennsylvania schools during the school day has moved a step forward. The state Senate last week passed a bipartisan bill, 46-1, requiring public schools ...

Now, does a phone come through? Yes, it does,” Principal Kevin McCaskill said. “But is that the norm? The answer is no.” What do staff say?

The clock is ticking. In just a few months, every school district in Colorado must develop and adopt a policy around student cellphone use.