FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WSMV) – The school board in Williamson County voted on Monday night to prohibit students from using cellphones on its elementary and middle school campuses. After amending the language of the policy, the board voted 10-2 to approve the new policy, which requires elementary and middle school students to lock away their phones…
A few weekends ago, I was posed with a challenge that made me clutch my zillennial pearls: a request from my editors to lock my phone away for 72 hours. Having grown up with the first generation that hardly remembers life without cellphones (and yes, I know that many people who didn’t will roll their eyes),…
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin school boards must create rules banning cell phones during instructional time with a deadline by July 1 after Gov. Tony Evers signed the bill into law Friday. States across the country have moved to ban cell phones at school or during certain parts of school. “It has always been my…
SCHOFIELD (WSAW) — After passing the state Senate, a bill to ban cell phone use in school districts across the state is headed to Governor Tony Evers. The bill would require school boards across the state to implement new cell phone policies. If signed by Gov. Evers, the policy would ban non-educational wireless devices like…
OKLAHOMA CITY — After successfully passing a law to remove cell phones from Oklahoma classrooms, two state lawmakers are now turning their attention to broader concerns around classroom technology, including Chromebooks, screen time, and artificial intelligence. State Senator Ally Seifried (R-Rogers County) and Representative Chad Caldwell (R-Enid) are leading an interim study to examine how…
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When the government puts a criminal behind bars, Americans feel relief: That’s one more lawbreaker who can no longer terrorize our communities. But too often that is not the case, thanks in large part to contraband phones. Over the past several years, thousands of cell phones have poured into state and local prisons — smuggled…
College student using mobile phone. getty New research is focused on how colleges can handle the use of smartphones, which are distractions and can impede student learning in classrooms. According to Billur Aksoy, Assistant Professor of Economics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), and her colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Texas…
From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. A report issued by a New Jersey panel that was created to study how social media affects teenagers is recommending a “bell-to-bell” ban on cell phones in schools….
A Democratic activist who successfully helped push for a state ban on cellphones in schools announced Monday a primary run against state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in 2026. Raj Goyle, founder of the group Phone Free New York, said he’ll look to take out DiNapoli in what is shaping up to be his most serious election…