A bipartisan effort to ban cell phones in Kansas K-12 schools faces hurdles, sparking debate over state control vs. local autonomy and student rights.

STATEHOUSE–Testimony was heard Wednesday at the Statehouse on a bill that would ban kids from using cell phones in schools altogether. If it ends up passing, it would mandate that kids either leave ...

King and Edmonds share a daughter and twin sons.

Michigan’s new bipartisan law limits smartphone use in classrooms. Lawmakers must tackle online safety next.

Gov. JB Pritzker used part of his State of the State address Wednesday to launch one of his strongest proposals yet aimed at ...

Lauren Zobec compared her kids’ first experience with a landline phone, a turquoise cylinder device that arrived at her east Denver home in December, to aliens learning how to talk. “They were holding ...

Most states now require school districts to restrict student cellphone use in school. But the Spokane School District in eastern Washington took the unusual step of pairing a cellphone ban with a ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer recently signed into law two bipartisan bills, Senate Bill 495 and House Bill 4141, which will require Michigan school districts to create action plans that require cell phones ...

Indiana Senate Bill 78 could silence the buzz of notifications in the classroom by mandating cell phone use during the school day — drawing support from educators and mixed reactions from parents.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — State School Superintendent Lindel Fields is throwing his support behind two lawmakers’ bills, one ...

Senators petitioned their House colleagues to adopt their bell-to-bell cell phone ban, which has Gov. Josh Shapiro's nod.

Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro is advocating for a ban on cell phones in schools and guaranteed recess, citing benefits for learning and well-being.