Bans on cell phones in schools grow, but debate thrives on how they are handled
Cell phone bans in school are ramping up as more states consider policies that have been cheered by many educators but still face trepidation from parents.   New York and New Jersey are the latest ...
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Montgomery parents’ challenge to LGBTQ+ book rules
The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from a group of Montgomery County parents challenging a school system policy that ...
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Shawnee Mission becomes latest Johnson County school district to restrict phones in classrooms
Shawnee Mission School District's new policy, which has been in the works for months, was the subject of impassioned urging ...
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To boost kids’ reading, Minnesota schools start to shift the way they teach
Schools are working now to overhaul literacy teaching to comply with a new state law, the Read Act. A visit to one Minnesota ...
Some N.J. schools are already locking up cellphones as gov pushes for classroom ban
In his annual State of the State address this week, Gov. Phil Murphy backed a plan to direct New Jersey school districts to ...
These North Texas school districts banned cell phones. What happened next?
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD was one of several North Texas school districts that adopted new policies last summer barring ...