More Colorado schools and districts are banning the use of phones in school. Boulder and Grand Junction are the latest major school districts to do so. Multiple studies have linked excessive teen ...

Although policies can help create structure, they don’t build consistent digital habits—those have to be taught, modeled, ...

GOP lawmakers have introduced bills that would mandate that phones be securely stored at school or left at home during the ...

The role cellphones play in the classroom has been widely debated since students began taking them to school. Although there is some support for using cellphones as a learning tool in the classroom, ...

North Carolina law now bans student cellphone use during instructional time. Exceptions include emergencies, medical needs, and approved educational use. Wake and Johnston counties impose escalating ...

OPELIKA, Ala. – (WRBL) – With the start of the 2025–2026 school year, Alabama’s new FOCUS Act is officially in effect — banning student cell phones, smartwatches, and earbuds during the school day at ...

(TNS) — As lawmakers debate banning cellphones in classrooms, schools across Northeast Pennsylvania take different approaches to phones in their buildings. Across the country, 35 states have laws or ...

The Anchorage School District main office. Anchorage School District students can no longer use cellphones during class, under a new district policy. The new policy requires that students’ cellphones ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa — A bill that would restrict student cell phone use during class time in Iowa is one step away from becoming law, prompting Quad Cities school districts and parents to consider how it ...

Chile has passed a bill outlawing the use of mobile phones and other smart devices during classes at elementary and middle ...

A new study from the Journal Pediatrics looked into the side effects of cell phone use by children.Researchers found that ...