Should kids have access to smartphones in school? Some argue the smartphone problem leads to distraction. Others say smartphones are necessary for reasons related to safety or other concerns. In ...

Bipartisan support is growing for federal legislation addressing cell phones in schools, as U.S. Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colorado, ...

The Consortium for School Networking’s 2025 “Driving K–12 Innovation” report is out now. Here are the year’s hurdles, ...

Responses and data such as these give states and districts a clearer idea about how teachers and principals are using AI, and ...

Research on how cellphone policies work in schools in the United States is especially hard to find. So, Education Week asked ...

School board member Mary Blanco has proposed further enhancing its use by making the panic buttons wearable for staff members. It would be on their ID badges that hang by a lanyard. A report on its ...

A new report from North Carolina's State Board of Education raises concern about the ability of school systems to replace ...

Part of the problem is that smartphones contain multitudes. Using a smartphone to solve crosswords or read the news may well ...

Two students are dead and one injured after a 17-year-old male student armed with a handgun opened fire in the cafeteria of Antioch High School in ... a nickname used by many online white ...

Alice Hanlon Peisch and Kate Lipper-Garabedian, have introduced legislation called the STUDY Act, which would ban the use of cellphones and personal electronic devices during school hours statewide.

As Maryland lawmakers review legislation aimed at curbing student cellphone use in schools, a clear agreement is emerging among them: something needs to be done. “Simply put: we have a problem ...

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers wants to reduce distracting cell phone use in public schools that can cause depression, anxiety and worse educational outcomes. A bill introduced in the House ...