A state lawmaker says it may be time to go a step further and ban students from using their phones any time during the school day.

A new state law was supposed to limit cell phone use in schools, but new research shows many students are still using them during class.

SAN FRANCISCO — In California, a high school teacher complains that students watch Netflix on their phones during class. In Maryland, a chemistry teacher says students use gambling apps to place bets ...

At about 11 a.m. on the second day of class at Kaukauna High School, dozens of students were eating lunch in the school common area. While the room was filled with the noise of conversation, some of ...

Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on March 27, 2024. File photo. Wake schools are tightening their cell phone ...

Representatives Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester Hills) and Rylee Linting (R-Wyandotte) took students through the process of how a ...

(TNS) — As lawmakers debate banning cellphones in classrooms, schools across Northeast Pennsylvania take different approaches to phones in their buildings. Across the country, 35 states have laws or ...

Many South Dakota school districts are implementing stricter cellphone policies, with some locking devices away for the entire day. Superintendents report that removing phones has increased student ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many North Carolina students are still using their phones in class despite a new state law banning their use during instructional ...

Study finds 39.7% of students sometimes or never follow the statewide phone ban. Researchers report 62.9% of schools always enforce policy; many report lapses. Teachers cite device distraction and ...