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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students prepare to check in with their phones at Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City on Dec. 18. The school's new cellphone ...

Members of student coalition GENup said a bill that serves students — not simply alleviates parent anxieties — has been long overdue.

Kansas will join at least 20 other states in banning cell phones in K-12 classrooms. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the ban into law on Thursday. The new ban is part of a recent push to reconsider the ...

A Denver Public Schools advisory committee has thrown its weight behind a sweeping "bell-to-bell" cellphone crackdown that ...

LOS ANGELES — English teacher Jocelyn Medawar has noticed a new vibe at Harvard-Westlake School this school year: Upper school students are chatting in the halls and greet her as they enter class.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Students and adults took to the Pennsylvania State Capitol to argue their sides on a bill that could ban cell phones in schools. Sen. Devlin Robinson (R-Allegheny) introduced ...

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) -- the signature defense policy and spending bill -- will ban cellphones for K-12 students attending schools on military bases. The bipartisan provision, ...

Students prepare to check in with their phones at Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City on Dec. 18. The school's new cellphone policy went into effect this fall and requires students to use an app ...