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…
What happens when schools ban cell phones – CBS News Watch CBS News A recent report estimates on average, America’s young people spend over seven hours a day looking at a screen. Now more than two dozen states are limiting scrolling through phones while in school. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson reports. Source link
More western Pennsylvania school districts going phone-free all day, new survey shows More western Pennsylvania school districts going phone-free all day, new survey shows 01:35 More and more districts across western Pennsylvania are going phone-free all day, according to a new survey just released by U.S. Representative Chris Deluzio (D) of Fox Chapel. Congressman Deluzio…
HONOLULU (Island News) — With everything being in the palm of our hand, it is easy to get distracted. One student, Logan Ohtani, said, “I think when you have your phone on the table, on your desk, you’re just gonna have this instinct to pick it up.” According to a state survey at the end of…
Carey Gallagher began her senior year at Yonkers Middle High School in New York this week alongside 1,438 students, now all required to place their cellphones in a locked magnetic pouch. Yonkers School District purchased Yondr phone pouches for about 11,000 students to comply with the statewide mandate that bans phones in classrooms. The pouch,…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — South Carolina officials are supporting a plan by the Federal Communications Commission to stop inmates from using cellphones in prisons. The Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced that the FCC will be voting this month on a proposal that, for the first time, would allow prisons to jam contraband cellphones….
What happened after Georgia school district banned cellphones – CBS News Watch CBS News More than half of the states in the U.S. now have laws that either ban or regulate cellphone use in schools. A Georgia school district is seeing positive results. Skyler Henry reports. Source link
Atlanta — Most school mornings in the Wilson home in Atlanta, Georgia, start the same way for siblings Angus and Sam: they’re woken up by an alarm, then a quick breakfast and a last-minute homework check. One item they never forget is their phones. But once they get to campus at Lakeside High School, Angus…
I hate that I can’t get into my car without making sure I have my cellphone with me. I hate that I am so disorganized that even if I know I have my cellphone with me, I can’t find it in my overstuffed purse. And, I especially hate that powerless feeling when I don’t know…
Massachusetts is exploring the possibility of banning cellphones in schools across the state. At Watertown High School, they might have a solution that works for everyone. It’s an app called Doorman that limits cellphone use in classrooms without taking the phones away from students. Last year, there was a very low-tech solution. The school made…