PHOENIX – As a middle school teacher, Dana Ramos didn’t restrict cell phone use in her classroom. Now, as principal of Lowell Elementary School, a K-8 school in Phoenix, Ramos has adopted guidelines ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed two bills Feb. 10 to ban classroom cell phone use. The new laws, which will go into effect this fall, require school districts to implement policies prohibiting the ...

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 ...

The measure would prohibit most student cell phone use in class. Illinois is one of only nine states with no state law ...

A large urban district in Florida saw an increase in student test scores. A smaller school district in rural California is experiencing a dramatic decline in student behavioral problems. The reason ...

Quincy Public Schools plans a strict cell phone ban for middle and high schoolers, requiring devices to be locked in pouches.

Bell-to-bell cellphone bans are spreading rapidly, rising from 60% to 74% of schools in just one year, according to a new national survey. Teachers report students are talking more face-to-face and ...

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 rules ...

INDIANA, USA — A new law bans cell phones from first bell to last bell in Indiana schools, even at lunch and in the hallway. While a 2024 law banned phones in the classroom, lawmakers took it a step ...

DELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a pair of bills that will require school districts across Michigan to prevent students from using cell phones in the classroom. During a ...

Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday signed a bipartisan law requiring students to store their phones in a secure, inaccessible location until dismissal. It's part of a recent push to reconsider ...

WASHINGTON — Cellphones can be a tool or a distraction in the classroom — and this school year, their use varies in many D.C.-area school systems. In most school districts, cellphone or tablet use is ...