Proposed cell phone ban in schools would require students to put phones in lockboxes
A state representative out of the Austin area filed a bill that could ban students from using cell phones in school. RELATED: Here are the new laws in Texas that took effect on Sept. 1 The proposed bill would require kids to put their phones in a lock box at the start of the school day.
Yondr pouches seal students’ cellphones away for the entire school day. Are they working?
At Robert Eagle Staff and Hamilton International middle schools students put their cellphones in a pouch at the start of the school day and don’t have access to them until the bell rings at the end of the day.
Los Angeles public schools will ban student cell phone use in February. Here's how it could work
LAUSD is banning cellphone use across the hundreds of schools within the nation's second-largest school district beginning on Feb. 18. Here's how it could work.
Des Moines school board hears strong support for cell phone ban
Cell phones could be on the way out in Des Moines Public Schools. Hoover High School was the first school in the district with a ban, requiring students to store phones in their backpacks during class.
Second year of cell phone ban at Lincoln City school showing benefits in the classroom, hallways
Sarah Horobin experienced the increasing distraction of students with cell phones in her Taft High School classes over the years. It was hard to compete with a device that lured away a student’s attention with texts,
'A mental detox.' Oklahoma students share how cellphone ban has worked for their schools
Gov. Kevin Stitt and education secretary Nellie Tayloe Sanders met with students to hear how cellphone bans in their school districts are going.
Opinion
Column: For data about school cell phone bans, talk to kids
Improving digital wellness among young people should include listening to their input about proposed policies, University of Virginia’s Bethany Teachman and Nancy Deutsch write in a guest
LAUSD students now prohibited from phone use during school day
Starting in February, Los Angeles Unified School District students will be required to stow away their cell phones, smartwatches, and earbuds during the school day.
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