UNESCO has called for international bans on smartphones in schools. Many teachers are concerned as well: a survey shows that ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Last week, the board for the largest school district in California passed a remarkable ...

Oregon’s new school cell phone ban takes effect Jan. 1, but some districts put it in place earlier. Most districts are ...

As students returned from winter break across Oregon, a bell-to-bell cell phone ban went into effect in public schools ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin released finalized guidance for cell phone-free education on Tuesday. It's an executive order created to reduce distractions in the classroom.

Cell phones in classrooms—yes or no? Do you know how long it takes a child to refocus after being on their phone? With July cruising into its last week, the start of the school year rapidly approaches ...

Chatter echoes down the halls of Aspen High School with no cell phones in sight. “I’ll tell you what — the decibel level in the halls … all these kids are outside laughing,” High School Principal ...

Problems in the classroom can make up an ever-growing list. Since the pandemic, many teachers have reported a sharp uptick when it comes to student apathy toward learning. In a new national survey by ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Executive Order 25-09, a landmark move aimed at enhancing educational outcomes and mental wellbeing by prohibiting cell phone use during school hours in Oregon’s ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be ...

Editor's note: This is first in a three-part series on cell phones in schools. Parts two and three will publish Monday and Tuesday. Trent Lamphier likens cell phones in school to cell phones at the ...

[KALE CAREY] THIS SCHOOL YEAR, ALABAMA CLASSROOMS HAVE GONE SILENT…AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES TO CELL PHONES. A NEW STATEWIDE BAN IS PUTTING TEACHERS AND LESSONS BACK IN FOCUS AND EDUCATORS SAY THE CHANGE ...