With student test scores in a decade long decline, many researchers are pointing to cell phones and social media as the ...

Legislation that would prohibit student cell phone use during the school day has been moved to the full state Senate for ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A new law banning cellphone usage in schools enacted earlier this year has completely transformed the ...

Utah's cellphone ban has the right goal, writes one teacher in an op-ed. “It will work when students understand the ultimate ...

A Bucks County lawmaker is leading the call to ban cellphones in Pennsylvania schools, and his message is finding support in ...

Treasure Coast schools are strengthening enforcement of a new state law banning cellphone usage during class. The new state law, effective July 1, addresses cellphone usage at elementary, middle and ...

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Toms River Regional is looking to codify its efforts to keep cell phones out of students' hands for most of the school day.

Cellphones present an enormous distraction in the classroom. Even when the devices aren’t actually being used, the mere jolt from cellphone notifications can capture students’ attention, taking them ...

Where is your cellphone right now? If you’re reading this, your phone is probably in your hand. But as soon as you’re done, there’s a good chance you’ll stash it back in one of your pockets, like more ...

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The cellphone-lot plaza will occupy 1.3 acres on NASA Boulevard at Air Terminal Parkway, the loop entrance roadway leading to ...