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(Reuters) -The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education on Tuesday voted to ban smartphones for its 429,000 students in an attempt to insulate kids from distractions and social media ...
Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) recently announced a blanket ban on phones for students, and districts including New York City, the nation's largest school district, may soon follow ...
California Assembly Bill 3216, introduced in February, would require school districts to adopt a policy to limit or prohibit the student use of smartphones while at school or under the supervision ...
Denmark does not have a mobile phone ban, but nevertheless the Danish Ministry of Education advised that mobile phones must be kept out of classrooms. Therefore, many schools up to 7th grade offer "cell phone hotels" for students to store their devices. Still, mobile phones are allowed in higher schools during breaks and free periods. [37]
AB 272 expands on a 2019 law allowing, but not requiring, school districts to regulate cell phone use in the classroom during school hours. In June, the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board ...
The country's largest school district proposed a ban, but ultimately wasn't able to get phone restrictions in place before the 2024 school year, CBS New York reported.
Early attempts at cellphone bans lost traction. The debate over phones' place in educational spaces stretches back even further than NCES data measures—to the aftermath of the Columbine school ...