School districts grapple with students' use of cellphones
Several school districts in Maine are considering ways to strengthen policies on cellphone use among students, with some considering complete bans.
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Exploring Increasingly Common School Cell Phone Bans and Their Implications on Student Safety
This new white paper today informs how cell phone bans can affect school safety and guidelines to implement communication ...
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NY education chief backs local control for cellphone ban
As Gov. Kathy Hochul pushes a statewide school cellphone ban, Education Commissioner Betty Rosa stressed the importance of ...
Why Banning Cell Phones in Schools Could Benefit Children’s Brain Health
As concerns over the impact of technology on mental health continue to rise, a growing number of states and schools are implementing restrictions or outright bans on cell ...
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Arkansas Advocate: Lawmakers file bill to restrict phone access at school
State lawmakers filed legislation Wednesday that would ban smartphones and other personal electronic devices from all Arkansas public schools beginning with the 2025-2026 school year ...
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Colorado lawmakers introduced a bill to require all school districts to implement cellphone use policy
Colorado lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill requiring all school districts to implement a cellphone use policy.
Local control over school cellphone ban 'extremely important,' NYSED says
The legislation Hochul is proposing is both direct and vague: It requires school districts to implement a school-wide, ...
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Kitchens' bill to ban student cell phone use during school day
It could soon become harder for your student to check their text messages during the school day if a bill proposed by State ...
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Phones would be banned ‘bell to bell’ in Arkansas public schools under new bill
Sanders' school cell phone ban comes at a time when the relationship between the GOP and the tech industry is fast shifting.
Banning phones in New York schools shouldn’t cost a dime —let alone $13.5M — just do it!
New York now spends over $36,000 per public-school student, but it’s beyond obvious that most of that isn’t actually going to ...
NYC schools chancellor wants more money to enforce state cell phone ban — but about half of schools already have them
Testifying before state lawmakers Wednesday, New York City Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos is complaining that the ...