Chatter echoes down the halls of Aspen High School with no cell phones in sight. “I’ll tell you what — the decibel level in the halls … all these kids are outside laughing,” High School Principal ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Counties across Virginia held viewing parties for the Department of Education's discussions regarding the state's recently announced cell phone-free education plan Thursday evening.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Henrico County Public Schools’ proposed student code of conduct for the 2025-26 year is currently being reviewed, with one pressing matter being the state of use of cell ...

Hello! I cover the Northtowns for 7 News WKBW. If you have a story idea, please email me at [email protected] AMHERST, NY (WKBW) — The role of cell phones in the classroom has become a hot topic ...

Kansas Senate leaders introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday that would ban cell phones in K-12 classrooms across the ...

This school year, many of the nation's adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones. States such as Florida, Indiana ...

In an era when a mobile phone is often not used for calls, human behavior experts and academics cast warnings that the quality of face-to-face conversation is waning, especially among young people, ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Cell phones have officially been banned in classrooms during this legislative session, and all public schools have their own rules on what to do with the phones, like lockers or ...

You're sitting in a public lounge area, perhaps hoping to catch up on your reading, an assignment, or a document you need for work the next day. There's exactly one open seat left, so you grab it, ...

Florida lawmakers passed legislation in 2023 that, among other things, prohibited the use of cell phones in classroom during instructional time. A state senator is looking to take that a step further.

Jenkins said he also thinks students not having cell phones also makes the school safer. He said he’s had to remind his mother he doesn’t have his cell phone to reach him during the day. Parents can ...

Think of how many times you have heard a cell phone go off in a movie theatre or a restaurant, because the owner did not have the courtesy to put it on vibrate, and then carries on a loud conversation ...