Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phones sit in a caddy in Kyanna McCall’s seventh-grade classroom at Rolesville Middle School on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. (Travis ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high ...

At about 11 a.m. on the second day of class at Kaukauna High School, dozens of students were eating lunch in the school common area. While the room was filled with the noise of conversation, some of ...

Cellphones are everywhere — including, until recently, in schools. Since 2023, 29 states, including New York, Vermont, Florida, and Texas, have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. (CHALKBEAT INDIANA) — Since Indiana's school cellphone ban went into effect in 2024, classroom ...

James Tierinni has seen what happens when schools ban phones. “About eight, nine years ago, I had to police people’s cellphones.

Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on March 27, 2024. File photo. Wake schools are tightening their cell phone ...

Students spend nearly a third of the school day on their phones, and frequent checking may make it harder to stay focused in class.

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets ...

Wake County will require students to turn off phones during instructional time. Board gave initial approval; final vote expected in December 2025 to comply. Policy exempts IEP/504 uses, allows ...