Virginia introduces cell phone-free policy in public schools to eliminate distractions and improve mental health. Guidelines to be effective from Jan. 1, 2025.

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Bose, Priyom. (2024, October 06). Tech breaks effectively reduce cell phone use in classrooms.

Excessive phone use also has potential health consequences. One of the primary ways that phone use can adversely affect a young person’s health is by displacing sleep, which is essential to health and ...

Rapidly evolving are perhaps the two most apt words to describe cell phone technology. This tool didn't exist until the 1970s, and since then, it has transformed the entire concept of communication.

What that means, essentially, is that asking school districts to come up with a plan to “limit” cell phone use in schools — as Arizona’s new law requires — is a good thing. Just not good ...

Alabama lawmakers, while introducing legislation curbing cell phone use in schools, haven’t passed anything yet. Rep. Ben Robbins, R-Sylacauga, told The Alabama Reflector last month that he was ...

A bill that would require K-12 school districts to establish policies to restrict or ban students using cell phones in school hours dials up a lot of support during a public hearing Tuesday afternoon.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Ohio Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would generally ban students’ cell phone use during school instructional time. Senate Bill 158 passed 30 to 2.

A number of Oregon schools have been adapting new practices to minimize the use of phones in class. We'll hear from two schools to learn how they're tackling this issue.