UW study sheds light on student phone use during school

A new study from the University of Washington gets specific about how much screen time teens clock on their phones during the ...

Harvard-Westlake blocks TikTok and Clash Royale on student phones. How’s that going down?

Students at the Studio City high school can still bring phones to school, but must use an app blocking distracting games and ...
Governing

How One L.A. School Is Enforcing Phone Limits Without Taking Phones Away

A custom app blocks TikTok, Instagram and games during school hours — and alerts administrators when students try to get ...

Study: Teens spend hour-plus on their phones at school

Nagata believes the hour-plus that teens spend on their phones at school "inevitably competes with attention to learning." He ...
WGBH

More students head back to class without one crucial thing: their phones

As students across the country head back to class, one thing won’t be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students’ devices during school hours. In ...
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Brevard County could ban students from using their phones throughout school day

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – On the first day of school, the superintendent of Brevard Public Schools addressed new policies this year including stricter rules for students and their phones. For the third ...
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Missouri students turn to notes and cards after cellphones get banned in schools

Students, teachers and administrators are learning to adapt this school year after Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe signed legislation in July that restricted the use of electronic personal devices during the ...
Noozhawk

Santa Barbara Students Start New School Year with New Rules on Cellphones

Phones are down and test scores are up as students across Santa Barbara County return to school. The school year started Wednesday for the Santa Barbara Unified School District, and with it comes new ...
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Gov. Josh Stein signs law banning NC students from using their phones in class

It's now illegal for North Carolina public school students to have their phones on in class unless there's an emergency or they get permission from the school. Gov. Josh Stein signed a bill into law ...
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Pennsylvania considers banning phones in schools, which some Schuylkill districts already have done so

Lunchtime used to be very quiet in the Pine Grove High School cafeteria, as most students stared at their cellphones while ...
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Poll: Should students be allowed to have their phones in classrooms?

*Correction: New Mexico schools will not become phone-free. However, due to Senate Bill 11, each school district will be in charge of implementing a phone policy for students. Over 61% of viewers ...
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Are phones allowed in Florida schools? Here's what the new law says students can't do

When school starts in Florida next fall, elementary and middle school students will be banned from using cell phones from "bell to bell" during the school day under a bill signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis ...