Cell phone bans in schools may not be working as intended according to new research out of the University of North Carolina. A state law required every school district to have a policy in place by ...

As public safety professionals working in policing and school security, our job is to keep people safe - especially our students. That responsibility doesn't stop at the school doors. It includes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phone-free school days have been the reality for students at Murdock Middle and High School in Winchendon since the cell phone ban ...

High school junior Elise Nerlich sat in a circle with a handful of other students at Longmont Museum one day in March, trying to come up with ideas on how schools should regulate cell phone use during ...

Quincy Public Schools is proposing a strict cell phone ban for middle and high school students. Students would be required to lock their phones in special pouches for the entire school day. The ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Study finds 39.7% of students sometimes or never follow the statewide phone ban. Researchers report 62.9% of schools always enforce ...

Area students and parents have mixed feelings when it comes to a pending cell phone ban in schools. While there is no current ...