Schools have started to ban phones around the globe — but is that the solution?
Social media has been studied at length and found to be bad for kids and teens. Anecdotally, kids can be emboldened by the ...
Do Not Disturb: Mobile Phone Ban Sweeps American Schools
An enduring debate surrounds cellphones in schools, but are states right to ban them? Experts tell Newsweek the pros and cons ...
Texas schools plagued by threats as TEA considers cell phone ban; Congress looks at kids’ social media
Just weeks into the school year, Texas school districts responded to numerous violent threats, with Nexstar’s Texas stations reporting on threats to at least 20 schools.
Here's why parents should join educators to ban cellphones from classrooms
I not only echo the call to ban cellphones in schools, but I also want to encourage parents and teachers to work together to ...
Parents should restrict their children’s use of cellphones for both academic success and mental health | Opinion
Digital devices aren’t just a classroom distraction; they also negatively impact students’ mental health and academic ...
Hochul talks students’ social media, cell phones at NYSUT conference
The 600,000-member-strong union NYSUT—which stands for New York State United Teachers—held a conference on September 20 to ...
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The Lebanon explosions raise a question: In the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?
The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Pregnant with her first baby in ...
Florida parents are allowing younger children to have smartphones
The days of flip phones that only allowed you to text and call are over, and now a study done by Secure Data Recovery says the average age parents in Florida give smartphones to their kids is 9 years ...
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C Spire Expands Connect & Protect to Enhance Child Safety in Digital World
C Spire, a diversified telecommunications and technology services company, announced that Connect & Protect, the company’s ...
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SVSU schools preparing to restrict student phone use
Southwest Vermont Supervisory Union school boards adopted a policy last year designed to restrict the use of phones and other ...
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California’s School Phone Crackdown: What It Means in the Event of a Shooting
On August 28, a shooting threat was spread via social media at Birmingham Community High School, in Van Nuys, LA. One week later, thirteen people were shot at a school in Georgia while their peers mad ...