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…
Back to school – phone free. (File photo by Chris Stone) Heads, up, students: New mobile phone rules go into effect for students in the San Diego Unified School District this coming Monday, the first day of classes for the 2025-2026 school year. The district’s Board of Education approved the guideline last month to “help…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) – Florida students are heading back to school without their phones in class. A state law that just went into effect this school year is cracking down on cell phone use in public schools. Under the new law, elementary and middle school students aren’t allowed to use phones at…