Incoming seniors wearing matching camo pants and black tops catch up before class on the first day of school at Palo Alto High School on August 14, 2024. The Palo Alto School Board recommended on ...

Phones can be useful tools, says a high school student.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on ...

While a new Indiana law mandates a ban on students using personal cellphones and wireless devices in the state’s public schools, thorny questions about safety vs. education environment remain. Most ...

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 ...

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 ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — When the school year began a few weeks ago, students across Texas were met with a new rule: no cellphones. Implementation of the rule may vary from school to school, but they’re based ...

While cellphone bans at schools can help students connect more with peers, they can also make students feel less safe and independent, writes Corinne Brion, associate professor of educational ...

Hillhouse Principal Antoine Billy sent out an email to students, staff, and families Wednesday acknowledging “an increase in student cell phone usage during the school day” — and outlining progressive ...

For a few hours Friday, some UC Berkeley students traded digital scrolling for real-life connection as part of a movement ...

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 ...