New Jersey schools are saying goodbye to cell phones during class, as Governor Murphy's new ban aims to tackle distractions ...

OPELIKA, Ala. – (WRBL) – With the start of the 2025–2026 school year, Alabama’s new FOCUS Act is officially in effect — banning student cell phones, smartwatches, and earbuds during the school day at ...

In what lawmakers say is the final phase-in of a cell phone ban, Ohio schools will now be required to have a policy limiting cell phone use in the classroom. The updated Ohio law, included in the ...

Multiple Green Bay area schools are either considering or have put into place new rules on when students can use cellphones. De Pere's policy, based on student, parent and staff surveys, creates phone ...

New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - As Jefferson County Public Schools students head back to the classroom on Thursday, they’ll be met with a sweeping change: a new law that restricts the use of cell phones in ...

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill that would impose a statewide ban on cell phone use in public schools. The bill would ban the use of cell phones by students in all schools from ...

Dr. Emanuel is a physician and a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. I’ve taught the same course to a class of undergraduate, M.B.A., medical and nursing ...