(The Center Square) – As the concern over cell phones in the classroom rises, banning them from schools will not solve the deep-rooted issue, says the founder of Opal, a phone app that helps users ...

TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey is set to become the latest state to ban cellphone use during school hours. Both the state Senate and General Assembly voted to pass the bill on Monday. Under the bill, the ...

A bill to ban cell phones throughout the school day is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill would prohibit use during the school day, as opposed to just in classrooms. It was approved ...

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Public Schools will implement a cell phone ban. A district spokesperson says the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education voted Wednesday to update the district’s electronic ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As part of the state budget passed over the summer, school districts across Ohio must ban the use of cellphones and smart devices in schools statewide on Jan. 1. Students have ...

When New York State banned phones in public schools from bell to bell this past September, the goal — according to the ban’s champion, Governor Hochul — was undistracted learning. But within weeks of ...

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Cobb County Schools on Thursday night passed a plan to implement a cell phone ban in the district, in accordance with state law. Georgia's Distraction Free Education Act, passed ...

A tougher crackdown on student cell phones in schools is being considered by Hoosier lawmakers, just one year after they approved a bill outlawing phones during class time. On Dec. 9, the Senate ...

Three months after New York schools implemented a bell-to-bell cell phone ban, the state is touting a transformative impact, citing more focused learning and more effective teaching, according to a ...

Today, Pennsylvania senators in the Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to enact a bell-to-bell phone ban in public schools. SB 1014 now heads to the full chamber of the senate, and also ...