Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on ...

While a new Indiana law mandates a ban on students using personal cellphones and wireless devices in the state’s public ...

When the phone ban started, the Averill Park Central School District bought a ping pong table. The high school students were delighted to find it in their cafeteria, where they had previously been ...

Students rely on technology due to their social, academic and personal obligations. Despite device usage necessities, ...

York High School in Maine has implemented a bell-to-bell cellphone ban for students. Students and staff report increased social interaction and fewer classroom distractions since the ban. While ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When the school year began a few weeks ago, students across Texas were met with a new rule: no cellphones. Implementation of the rule may vary from school to school, but they’re based ...

While cellphone bans at schools can help students connect more with peers, they can also make students feel less safe and independent, writes Corinne Brion, associate professor of educational ...

There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their ...

Students, teachers and administrators are learning to adapt this school year after Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation in July that restricted the use of electronic personal devices during the ...

A state lawmaker says it may be time to go a step further and ban students from using their phones any time during the school day.

Bans on cell phones—it's about time! Our local K-12 school district just instituted a new rule restricting cell phone usage during the school day. I'm not familiar with all the details nor the ...