Times of San Diego

Students, teachers face off in first year of new school cell phone rules

There are exceptions to the rules. As an example, students can use their phones riding to and from school on a school bus if it does not interfere with the driver. Students can also access their phones when on their lunch breaks or other breaks in the ...
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Many US states are rethinking how students use cellphones, but digital tech still has a place in the classroom

Across the United States, more schools are implementing policies restricting cell phones as concerns about digital distraction, mental health and academic performance rise. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. The scale of the ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Palo Alto students fight cell phone ban amid state restrictions

Incoming seniors wearing matching camo pants and black tops catch up before class on the first day of school at Palo Alto High School on August 14, 2024. The Palo Alto School Board recommended on Tuesday the institution of a partial cell phone ban across ...
Yahoo

Schools Are Telling Students To Put Their Phones Away — With Mixed Results

Cellphones are everywhere — including, until recently, in schools. Since 2023, 29 states, including New York, Vermont, Florida, and Texas, have passed laws that require K-12 public schools to enforce bans or strict limits on students using their ...
MinnPost

Turned off and put away: At St. Paul’s Central High, students have gone phone free — and survived

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. The lunchroom at Central High School in St. Paul is loud, filled ...
Springfield News-Sun

Southeastern students adjust to cell phone ban, superintendent says

A cell phone policy change going into its second semester at Southeastern Jr./Sr. High School has been positive for the district, the superintendent said. “Staff administration feel like it has been a positive change for the buildings and believe it’s ...