Students using phones, smart watches and glasses to cheat in exams, regulator warns - There were 2,225 cases of mobile phone ...

When Ballard High School in Louisville, Ky., restricted the use of cellphones, principal Jason Neuss expected student interaction to improve. He also hoped students would engage more with their ...

Students in Hazleton Area schools will have to lock up their cell phones during school hours next year. The school board on May 21 approved a ban that applies to phones and other smart devices such as ...

Cell phone bans in schools may not be working as intended according to new research out of the University of North Carolina. A state law required every school district to have a policy in place by ...

Paul E. Peterson interviews David Figlio, the Gordon Fyfe Professor of Economics and Education at the University of Rochester ...

Kansas will join at least 20 other states in banning cell phones in K-12 classrooms. Gov. Laura Kelly signed the ban into law on Thursday. The new ban is part of a recent push to reconsider the ...

Cellphone restrictions are now pervasive. Teachers, parents, and surprisingly students support them. But the bans have had no significant effect —positive or negative—on students’ social life or ...

If school committees resort to half measures on cell phone us, not fully banning them, the fight over what truly matters runs the risk of failure. Classroom teachers cannot re-capture the attention of ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Gwinnett County is set to vote on a new policy banning phone usage for students, aligning with a recently signed statewide law. The school board’s decision could shape how ...