Senate Bill 78 comes after a 2024 law that first banned phones, tablets and laptops during “instructional time." Devices ...

A statewide baseline of distraction-free schools would reduce daily stress, rebuild meaningful face-to-face interaction and ...

For the first time in the smartphone era, most K-12 students will start the school year in a state that has a policy restricting cellphones in school on the books. A wave of bills passed into law this ...

As students returned from winter break across Oregon, a bell-to-bell cell phone ban went into effect in public schools statewide. The policy was put in place by Executive Order 25-09 after a similar ...

More students than ever went to class without their cell phones in 2025. Researchers, teachers and students look back on attempts to build phone-free learning spaces this year. More students than ever ...

At the beginning of the school year, the state of Ohio mandated that all K-12 learning institutions must have a student cell ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – School districts around Missouri are preparing for a new school year with a new law that prohibits students from using cell phones during the school day. “There’s going to be a ...

After a semester with bell-to-bell bans on their mobiles, high school kids sit with a policy they still dislike.

Whether you’re from the Baby Boomer generation or Gen X, there are some school experiences we all seem to share. Things like ...

A new Iowa law requires public schools to create policies limiting student cell phone use during instructional time. Early reports from some Iowa schools show improved grades, attendance, and fewer ...