Washington, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming are each addressing cell phone usage in schools a little differently. | Opinion ...

On September 23, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. This legislation requires all public schools in California to develop and implement policies restricting ...

Lunch at Waukee Middle School is a lot noisier than it was last year. Kids are talking and laughing with each other instead of staring silently at their phone screens the entire time. “I feel like ...

ARDEN HILLS, Minn. — Mounds View High School’s principal says a ban on cell phones in the class room is already paying off. Rob Reetz enacted the new rules ahead of a new Minnesota law requiring ...

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. - Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Since Indiana’s school cellphone ban went into effect in 2024, classroom distractions haven’t disappeared. But they have become a little more ...

Legislation to ban student cell phone use in class moved one step closer to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's desk. The Michigan Senate voted on a pair of bills Thursday, Jan. 22 that would prohibit students ...