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North East Independent School District in Texas may soon be monitored by a conservator after a state investigation determined that district leaders did not create a bell-to-bell phone ban in compliance with state law. -
The state Department of Education asked for $17.6 million to educate students about the impact smartphones, screens and social media, and it's launching a survey to learn how districts handle technology in the classroom.
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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is expected to sign legislation requiring elementary schools to prohibit students from accessing social media during the day and to prioritize teacher-led instruction over electronic materials.
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Rapid City Area School District in South Dakota is one of many across the state that have found smartphones an unsustainable distraction, and current polities inadequate to police them.
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Gov. Ned Lamont said he intends to encourage local superintendents across Connecticut to pass and enforce policies restricting student use of smartphones during instructional time.
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While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to restrictions on cellphones in schools, an imperfect policy is better than no policy at all, and when policies come from the district or state level, they bring advantages.
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As with "sexting" 15 years ago, schools must contend with specific behaviors that cause specific harms, but the focus has expanded beyond how students use their phones to broader concerns about how much they use them.
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Stamford Board of Education adopted a policy in summer 2022 restricting cellphone use during instructional time. High schools will introduce a progressive discipline protocol for those who violate the policy.
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Boston Public Schools is rolling out new technology that will allow parents to track school bus rides in real time through a mobile app and GPS navigation tablets on board.
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Kids and adults alike seem to understand that the rapid change in cellphone use post-COVID has not been good for them, but they don't agree on exactly how to change the rules to make them work for everyone.
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The South Carolina Department of Education is expected to draft a model cellphone policy in August. Many students at schools that have already piloted cellphone restrictions were pleasantly surprised at their effect.
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School districts and state and local governments across the U.S. have been approving policies restricting student cellphone use in class. Many teachers are desperate for the help, and some have already seen improvements.
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After KIPP NYC College Prep restricted smartphone use in class, AP test scores increased, grades bounced back to pre-pandemic averages, and attendance at sporting events and other activities jumped by 50 percent.
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Officials in Middletown, N.J., have proposed a policy banning smartphone use in classrooms, bathrooms, locker rooms and most spaces outside of high school free periods, as a statewide ban is discussed.
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A new bill offers grant funding to purchase smartphone bags for schools that prohibit the use of cellphones during the school day. A statewide prohibition on student cellphone use during school is also in the works.
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Amid the national conversation about whether cellphones belong in schools, a recent high school graduate from North Carolina defends them as tools for lonely students to find and connect with like-minded peers.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul inched toward a statewide ban on smartphones in schools, launching a “listening tour” that would span the state, aiming to hear from teachers and parents.
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An 18-year-old youth advocate from the nonprofit Work2BeWell argues that instead of banning cellphones, schools should teach students proper cellphone etiquette alongside digital literacy.
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A teen who recently graduated from Sycamore High School in Cincinnati says students need to be able to contact their parents in case of schedule changes or emergencies, but they should take regular breaks from screens.
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Westmont Hilltop School District in Pennsylvania worked with the school website company Edlio to build a mobile app for sharing news, information about events, field trip permission slips and other communications.
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Nine groups including teachers and parents across Maine have joined forces to convince schools to ban cellphone use during the day, and parents to adopt new norms around how often their kids can access devices.
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