A new study finds test scores and attendance rose after the ban.

A recent study by the National Bureau of Economic Research has revealed that banning cellphones in schools can lead to ...

Melanie Sepulveda, a Staten Island teacher, had her doubts about the new “bell-to-bell” cellphone ban in New York schools. In ...

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Wisconsin school boards must create rules banning cell phones during instructional time with a deadline by July 1 after Gov.

A little less than half—44%—say limiting cellphone use has decreased student distractions during emergency drills, as well as ...

As of last Friday, all Oregon school districts were supposed to have had adopted a policy banning cellphones during the ...

A team of high school journalists on what's working — and what isn't — with Oregon's new ban on cell phones in schools.

Banning smartphones has become one of America’s favorite school policies. Bans are popular because people understand that ...

As of 2025, 42 U.S. states have passed laws or recommendations to limit student cellphone use in schools to address concerns ...

The study shows disciplinary incidents leveling out and an increase in test scores by about two or three percentiles compared ...

Researchers studying a large urban district in Florida found modest improvements in test scores after schools banned ...