Students at the Studio City high school can still bring phones to school, but must use an app blocking distracting games and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Department of Management at LSE. Across the globe, governments and schools grapple with a persistent question: Should ...

Students in Korea will be banned from using smartphones during class starting in the spring semester under a new law aimed at reducing digital overdependence and protecting classroom learning. The ...

Cellphone use in schools disrupts learning, contributes to lower test scores, and negatively impacts social-emotional development. Many schools and state legislatures are implementing "no cell, ...

UNESCO has called for international bans on smartphones in schools. Many teachers are concerned as well: a survey shows that ...

A student-organized “tech fast” at St. John’s College thrust young people headfirst into a world of chalkboard-based ...

For the first time in the smartphone era, most K-12 students will start the school year in a state that has a policy restricting cellphones in school on the books. A wave of bills passed into law this ...

In 2026, all school districts in California will be required to adopt policies restricting or prohibiting students’ use of smartphones during the school day. The new law also requires the policy ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress is pushing for phone-free classrooms in the Pentagon’s 161 schools worldwide, calling smartphones harmful to mental health and disruptive to education. A ...

Gwinnett County is set to vote on a new policy banning phone usage for students, aligning with a recently signed statewide law.