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NC now bans students from using phones in class. How it's supposed to work.

When North Carolina students return to school classrooms this month, one thing they should keep turned off is their cellphones. A new state law requires public schools to bar students from using their ...

Bill in WA Senate would restrict student cell phone use during class time

A bill in Olympia aims to restrict cell phone use during class time in Washington schools.

Ramona trustees consider limiting cell phone use on campuses

Trustees discussed a proposal that would keep all students from using cell phones in class except for educational purposes ...
Education Week

How Cellphone Bans Have Affected Students’ Lives: What Teens Say

The survey indicated that parents and teens are largely aligned in their support for cellphone bans: 76% of teens support ...

Michigan could soon ban student cell phone use in classrooms

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called for restrictions on student cell phone use in class. Many states have already enacted ...
WGHP

Kids are using phones in class, even when it’s against the rules. Should schools ban them all day?

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high ...
The Northside Sun

Senator authors bill to limit use of cell phones in public schools

One Mississippi senator wants a state law that would crack down on students using cell phones during class. The bill requires public school districts, public charter schools and other state high ...
Raleigh News & Observer

Tougher student cellphone rules approved for Wake schools. See what will change.

Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on March 27, 2024. File photo. Wake schools are tightening their cell phone ...
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Should students have cellphones in class? Indiana said no 2 years ago. Now the law may get stricter.

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. (CHALKBEAT INDIANA) — Since Indiana's school cellphone ban went into effect in 2024, classroom ...
The Daily of the University of Washington

New UW Medicine study reveals teen students spend a quarter of their school day on their phones, presents implications for university students

“Twenty-five percent of school-age teenagers in the United States spend a full quarter of their school day on their phone,” Dimitri Christakis, co-author and professor at UW’s School of Medicine, said ...
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NC now bans students from using phones in class. How it’s supposed to work.

Phones sit in a caddy in Kyanna McCall’s seventh-grade classroom at Rolesville Middle School on Wednesday, March 27, 2024. When North Carolina students return to school classrooms this month, one ...
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NC now bans students from using phones in class. How it’s supposed to work.

North Carolina law now bans student cellphone use during instructional time. Exceptions include emergencies, medical needs, and approved educational use. Wake and Johnston counties impose escalating ...