Columbus Dispatch

State law now bans student cell phone use. But what do local policies say about teachers?

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 ...
WAVE3

School cell phone ban creates surge in JCPS library visits

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - District leaders are calling it a culture shift within Jefferson County Public Schools. Less than a month into the district’s first school year with a new cellphone ban, JCPS ...
Liliputing

Lilbits: A web browser for the reMarkable 2 E Ink tablet, a DIY keyboard phone made from a program Galaxy Z Flip, and more

Last year YouTuber Marcin Plaza built an ultrawide handheld computer with a clamshell design, a QWERTY keyboard, and SteamOS software and called it “a DIY Steam ...
Local 12 WKRC Cincinnati

'They said it's amazing': Local schools enforce stricter cell phone bans for students

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Public schools across Ohio are intensifying their efforts to limit cell phone use during the school day, with many districts expanding restrictions to all grade levels. This move ...
NBC Montana

Frenchtown school board approves cell phone policy changes

FRENCHTOWN, Mont. — The Frenchtown School Board on Aug. 19 approved updates to student handbooks. Trustees voted unanimously to adopt new cell phone and electronic device policies for the K-5, middle ...
Radio Iowa

Cell phone limits required in Iowa districts as school year starts

As the 2025 school year gets underway, each of Iowa’s public school district must enforce a new state law that calls for restricting students’ access to cell phones while they’re in class. “Schools ...
WAFF

Man on death row for Huntsville’s ‘cell phone murders’ loses appeal

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - A man on death row for Huntsville’s notorious ‘cell phone murders’ has lost another appeal. On Friday, Alabama’s Court of Criminal Appeals rejected Joey Wilson’s application ...
KRQE Blogs

New Mexico schools take different approaches to limit student cell phone use

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Earlier this year, New Mexico lawmakers stopped short of banning cell phones in schools—but they did pass a bill requiring every school district to implement a wireless ...
The News-Gazette

Danville High's cellphone ban kicks in today

Danville High Principal Jacob Bretz holds a cell phone pouch and the magnetic device to unlock them at the end of a school day. Danville High School Principal Jacob Bretz demonstrates the unlocking of ...
CNET

Large WHO-Backed Study Revives Cell Phone and Cancer Risk Conversation

Evidence to date finds that the type of radiation you get from your phone isn't likely to increase risk of brain cancer. We asked a cancer expert to put tech's health impacts into context. Jessica was ...
kristv

CCISD board approves strict cell phone ban with financial penalties

is your neighborhood reporter San Patricio and Aransas County. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Corpus Christi Independent School District board members have approved rules in accordance with the newly passed ...