OREGON – Governor Tina Kotek signed Executive Order 25-09 in July, prohibiting cell phone use during K-12 school hours across Oregon. The order aims to enhance student learning and mental health by reducing distractions. Districts are required to adopt a policy prohibiting cell phone use by students by October 31, 2025, and those policies must…
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…
Starting next month, school districts around Texas will implement cellphone-free polices following the recent passage and signing of House Bill 1481. The law will go into effect on September 1, a few weeks after the first day of school for the 2025-26 school year. School leaders must have a written policy that bans the…
Figma burst onto the public stock exchange last week, surging in share price by 333% and hitting a market cap of over $70 billion in just the first few days of trading. For investors bullish on startups, last week was a rejuvenation after a sluggish stretch in the IPO market. But for Figma cofounder and…
Pexels.com Social media and the use of electronic devices at school have contributed to the increase of inappropriate relationships between teachers and students, according to experts. Starting this school year, students at all Houston ISD campuses will no longer be allowed to use their cell phones during the school day due to a new state…
Last summer, as Malachi Britt turned 12, his years of proving his maturity finally paid off. The youngest of four children, he was used to walking by himself to catch the school bus, routinely checking in with his mother after football practice at Lewis Frasier Middle School and completing his homework. His responsibility earned him…
Massachusetts lawmakers and educators are pushing forward with a bill that, if passed into law, would ban cell phones in public schools statewide.”This legislation is not about punishing students, it’s about helping them succeed,” the President of the Framingham Teachers’ Association, Christine Mulroney, said.The ban would be bell-to-bell and would prohibit all cellphones and personal…
New York City kids will be banned from using cellphones, tablets and smartwatches during the school day starting this fall. Each of the Big Apple’s roughly 1,600 public schools will decide how to roll out the new policy, approved Wednesday night by the city’s Panel for Education Policy in a 14 to 1 vote. “I…
People increasingly support school phone bans — and New York got the message. As New York bans cellphone use during the school day, a recent study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that support for phone bans in school is increasing. The majority of U.S. adults support prohibiting students from using their phones during…
LONDON, July 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Widespread concern among parents about poor-quality school breakfasts and children starting their day hungry has been laid bare by new research. Despite 78% of parents agreeing that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, 8 in 10 worry their children are not getting a nutritious breakfast…