New York State officials say the statewide bell-to-bell cellphone ban has been a success so far. Officials from one local ...

Two years after the imposition of a student cell phone ban, student test scores in a large urban school district were significantly higher than before, David N. Figlio and Umut Özek find in The Impact ...

Toms River Regional is looking to codify its efforts to keep cell phones out of students' hands for most of the school day.

Roughly 83% of schools reported “more positive classroom environments” and “better student engagement” since prohibiting ...

GOP lawmakers have introduced bills that would mandate that phones be securely stored at school or left at home during the ...

Two-thirds strongly or somewhat supported a statewide ban, which the state Senate passed in July but the House has yet to ...

A recent survey of school administrators found that 92 percent reported a “smooth transition” during the first few months of ...