Students Turn Back to Books as More School Districts Implement Phone Bans

Students at Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky have checked out half of last year's total library books in the first ...

CT officials looked at what happens when cell phones are banned in schools. It changes kids.

Superintendents in four districts in the state who implemented cellphone bans are seeing fewer discipline referrals, ...
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School phone ban creates surge in library visits

District leaders with Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky are calling it a culture shift. Less than a month into the district's first school year with a new cellphone ban, students are ...
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Kentucky High Schools Banned Cell Phones, Students Started Checking Out Books

Mitch Barnhart’s goal is to put rings on fingers and diplomas in hands. Around the state of Kentucky, schools took cell phones out of students’ hands and replaced them with library books. House Bill ...
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Students, staff at Boulder high school say culture has changed after cell phone ban

Students and administrators in Boulder Valley School District speak about the new bell-to-bell cell phone ban in its high schools that began in January.
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Texas bill banning K-12 students from using cell phones during school hours signed into law

AUSTIN, Texas – A Texas bill that would ban K-12 students from using cell phones during school hours has been signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott. House Bill 1481, introduced by Rep. Caroline Fairly ...
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Brevard Public Schools may soon ban cell phones during school hours

BREVARD, Fla. — Brevard Public Schools might soon ban cell phones entirely during school hours. A vote on the measure is scheduled for tomorrow. The proposed ban mandates that students store their ...