BALTIMORE - Shreya Hessler’s students said they felt trapped in a phone prison. One student picked up her device 190 times a day. Another had downloaded 55 games. A third learned from an app that, at ...

PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Northview High School is keeping its students from getting distracted in class by using technology that was invented 188 years ago by Michael Faraday. “Before we get ...

You won’t see cellphones inside this high school classroom. Instead, they’re locked inside numbered blue pouches large enough for a phone and earbuds. Only the teacher’s magnetic key can unlock the ...

When North Carolina students return to school classrooms this month, one thing they should keep turned off is their cellphones. A new state law requires public schools to bar students from using their ...

SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat Indiana. Since Indiana’s school cellphone ban went into effect in 2024, classroom distractions haven’t disappeared. But they have become a little more ...

HURT MOST BY HIGH INTEREST RATES. WELL, CRACKING DOWN ON CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. STARTING NEXT WEEK, STUDENTS IN THE LINCOLN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO USE THEIR PHONES IN ...