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 ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Board of Education adopted a brand-new cell phone policy restricting student cell phone usage in Hawaiʻi’s public schools on Feb. 12. The new rules regarding using ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Hawaiʻi Board of Education adopted a brand-new cell phone policy restricting student cell phone usage in ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a new state law to limit student cell phone use at school. The Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate introduced competing plans to restrict student ...

New York just put every student’s cell phone on Do Not Disturb—permanently. As Jericho students started their school year, they were one of the first student bodies in the state to adjust to a new ...

A recent survey by South Dakota Searchlight shows that those policies range from bell-to-bell bans, locking phones away, ...

As students across the country head back to class, one thing won't be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students' devices during school hours. In ...

During their February 23 and March 9 meetings, the Gunnison Watershed School District board reviewed its cell phone policy and how to manage students using personal electronic devices in a world ...

Also, 38 percent of schools with cell phone policies have restrictions for cell phone use outside of class, such as during free periods, between classes, or during extracurricular activities. Notably, ...

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 ...

In the San Diego Unified School District, school returned as always this fall, but with a change: new rules about cell phone use, driven by a new state law requiring all schools to enact a policy ...

The lunchroom at Central High School in St. Paul is loud, filled with students talking across the table or waiting in line to buy hot chocolate at student group stands. But it was not always this ...