States including Michigan and Colorado are restricting the ways students can use digital devices in school. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images The scale of the issue is significant. According to a 2023 ...

A state lawmaker says it may be time to go a step further and ban students from using their phones any time during the school day.

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 ...

York schools will implement a "bell to bell" cellphone ban this fall, following a statewide mandate in Maine. The ban aims to address concerns about cellphones distracting students and disrupting ...

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed a bill into law Friday limiting cellphone use for all Virginia public elementary, middle and high school students. Youngkin, who built his political ...

When my son was in ninth grade, at a well-regarded DC public school, he spent his days guzzling entertainment. We did not send him to school with a phone—it was too distracting—but the school district ...

Dr. Emanuel is a physician and a professor of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. I’ve taught the same course to a class of undergraduate, M.B.A., medical and nursing ...