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 ...

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 ...

In January, Ohio implemented a cell phone policy, prohibiting public school students from using their phones throughout the school day, including between classes and during lunch. It’s been nearly ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Study finds 39.7% of students sometimes or never follow the statewide phone ban. Researchers report 62.9% of schools always enforce ...

Phone-free school days have been the reality for students at Murdock Middle and High School in Winchendon since the cell phone ban policy was implemented at the beginning of the 2025-26 school year.

Growing up in the era of pagers and pay phones, I survived cell phone-free until college. As a mom to a teenage boy, I tried to stave off phone use as long as possible. Debates on appropriate screen ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Harvard-Westlake blocks “distracting” apps from upper school students’ phones. Students say they prefer their ...