Across the United States, more schools are implementing policies restricting cell phones as concerns about digital distraction, mental health and academic performance rise. The scale of the issue is ...

Students returning to Texas schools will have to learn to do without their cell phones. State lawmakers banned them from classrooms to reduce distractions and hopefully improve student focus and ...

Don't know what to do with old cell phones? Don't throw those old phones away until you've checked out these ideas that can give your old cell phones new life—even if only for parts.

Kids may no longer be allowed to whip out cellphones to type essays, operate calculators, make videos or text their parents from school starting this school year in some parts of the U.S. These ...

Corrected: An earlier version of this story misspelled a location. The correct spelling is Douglas County, Colo. Many educators will tell you that cellphones are a source of serious academic, mental ...

If you are an educator or a parent, it’s hard to look away from the growing trend of smartphone bans in schools. As of this writing, eight states have passed policies banning or restricting cellphone ...

The charge against cell phones in U.S. schools is growing, with numerous states bringing in restrictions on children having devices on them during education hours. Proponents of tighter cell ...

Students are banding together against the ban — in the most millennial way possible. Displeased Gen Zers are keeping the lines of communication open amid new cell phone bans in schools, chatting with ...

Networked cell phones running special software may make a cheap and easy-to-deploy counter to sophisticated Russian electronic-warfare tactics, according to an American company working to develop such ...