A new Ohio law requires school districts to ban cell phone use by students. But what are the policies for teachers using their phones in school? In Ohio's two-year budget, state lawmakers prohibited ...

The first day of classes for 900,000 New York City students on Thursday means a statewide ban on cell phones in schools is officially in effect. Gov. Hochul signed the law last spring prohibiting the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WHBQ) - A teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, is facing an assault allegation. It stemmed from an altercation with a student over a cell phone. Police described what is seen in the video as ...

After trying out a cell phone-free policy last spring, the City of New Haven is going full throttle with the plan and implementing it in all its high schools this year. It’s a decision the district ...

Students across the Capital Region are heading back to the classroom for the first year with a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in place. Some districts have already had similar policies in place for years ...

At about 11 a.m. on the second day of class at Kaukauna High School, dozens of students were eating lunch in the school common area. While the room was filled with the noise of conversation, some of ...

Correctional Officer Jose Sandoval inspects one of the more than 2,000 cell phones confiscated from inmates at California State Prison. Rich Pedroncelli AP file The Federal Communications Commission ...

Sept. 8 (UPI) --U.S. telecommunications company EchoStar announced Monday plans to sell spectrum licenses to SpaceX for $17 billion, allowing the aerospace company to expand its broadband service to ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a new state law to limit student cell phone use at school. The Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate introduced competing plans to restrict student ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul is refusing to disclose the costs of using a fuzzy “Frankie Focus” mascot unveiled last week to promote the “bell to bell” school cellphone ban, a “Sesame Street”-type character that ...

COLUMBIA — Starting today, South Carolina drivers can no longer have a cellphone in hand, on their laps, held between their shoulder and ear or touching any part of their body while operating a ...