Marietta parent Cynthia DuBose said she doesn’t think many other parents know just how much of a problem comes from their kids’ use of cellphones in school. The distractions are cause for concern, she ...

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The East Greenbush Central School District has shared its distraction free classroom policy for the upcoming school year. It’s part of the state’s new mandate that bans ...

Technology in the classroom is a tool, not a teacher. When left unchecked, it can fragment attention, encourage superficial ...

Bell-to-bell cellphone bans are spreading rapidly, rising from 60% to 74% of schools in just one year, according to a new national survey. Teachers report students are talking more face-to-face and ...

Concerns about classroom distraction and mental health have prompted schools across the country to reconsider rules on student cellphone use, and the Danbury area has not been immune. The state ...

The saboteur in today’s classroom is a familiar device: the screen. Back-to-back coverage in The New York Times has brought the classroom crisis into the public eye: The first on Nov. 12 discussed a ...

Whether it’s texting in class or scrolling through social media, cell phones have become a classroom distraction. Starting next school year, Abilene ISD is putting a stop to that. Beginning in August ...

The debate intensifies over whether phones are a necessary safety tool or a classroom distraction. As some Michigan school districts implement policies - and other states adopt laws with outright cell ...

Device-based learning is no longer "new," but many schools still lack a coherent playbook for managing it. Many school districts dashed to adopt 1:1 computing during the pandemic, spending $48 million ...

THE ISSUE: State Sen. Ryan Aument, a Republican from West Hempfield Township and the Senate Republican majority whip, said he believes that cellphones are a classroom distraction and possible source ...

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued a new executive order Tuesday that will limit or ban cell phone use in public schools – the latest in a string of efforts by officials to crack down on what many ...

You might’ve heard kids chanting “six-seven” & seen them waving their hands around. That’s the 67 trend in action. But what began as a harmless little meme has turned into a classroom distraction that ...