Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help suggest ways kids not use phones at school.

State public, charter and renaissance schools must come up with plans to restrict cell phone use in the 2026-27 school year, ...

Escambia, Santa Rosa school districts to add new rule to 2025-2026 Student Codes of Conduct A new state law bans the use of cell phones and other wireless devices by kindergarten through eighth grade ...

New York City kids will be banned from using cellphones, tablets and smartwatches during the school day starting this fall. Each of the Big Apple’s roughly 1,600 public schools will decide how to roll ...

School districts are rolling out the state-mandated cell phone ban differently, but superintendents appreciate the return to students socializing without them. Benton-Carroll-Salem Superintendent ...

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 ...

Florida's HB 1105 would ban elementary and middle school students from using cell phones during school hours. High schoolers could still use phones outside of class or for educational purposes. A ...