Workshops to be held to learn how to set up cell phones for emergencies

Is your cell phone set up for emergencies? If not, do you know how to set it up? Solana Beach Community Connections (SBCC) in ...
Opinion

Is cell phone ban really the answer or should we teach kids best way to use them? | Letters

Young people need to learn to focus. Call for statewide school ban supported by some. Others back course teaching safest way to use them.

Cell phones in the classroom: learning myth or reality?

Let's explore whether cell phones are really a barrier to learning, or if it's time to reconsider their role in education.

State law now bans student cell phone use. But what do local policies say about teachers?

A new Ohio law requires school districts to ban cell phone use for students. But what are local policies for teachers?
YourErie

One year since Millcreek Township schools banned cell phones: How is the policy going?

McDowell and McDowell Intermediate High Schools implemented a no cell phone policy last fall, aiming to reduce distractions and improve student focus. The policy prohibits the use of cell phones ...
katu

Oregon bans cell phones in K-12 schools to boost learning, mental health

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Gov. Tina Kotek has signed Executive Order 25-09, a landmark move aimed at enhancing educational outcomes and mental wellbeing by prohibiting cell phone use during school hours in ...
KXAN

Texas schools gearing up for cell phone ban

AUSTIN (KXAN) — This upcoming school year public school students won’t be allowed to use their cell phones during the school day. House Bill 1481 is already law, but Gov. Greg Abbott had a ceremonial ...
WFAA8

'Put it away. Learn today' | How North Texas schools are enforcing the new 'no cell phone' rules

WYLIE, Texas — If students at Wylie High School don't comply with a new state law about the use, or more accurately, the lack of use, of their cell phones and other communication devices, they will be ...