Psychology Today

What Cell Phone Bans Mean for Students

In public schools across the country, states are implementing "bell-to-bell" cell phone bans—policies that restrict ...
Tennessean

State law now bans student cell phone use. But what do local policies say about teachers?

A new Ohio law requires school districts to ban cell phone use by students. But what are the policies for teachers using their phones in school? In Ohio's two-year budget, state lawmakers prohibited ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Ohio private schools don't have to follow the new student cell phone ban. Some are anyway

Ohio public schools, charter schools, and STEM schools will be required to ban cell phone use by January 1, 2026. Private schools are exempt from the ban, but some have already implemented similar ...

Are your cell phone data warnings lying to you? This retired couple says Verizon’s alerts were completely wrong.

Indeed, anyone who has a cell phone-armed teen has probably warned about watching data use when they’re not on Wi-Fi — ...
Detroit Free Press

Michigan starts the school year without a state law limiting student phone use

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for a new state law to limit student cell phone use at school. The Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate introduced competing plans to restrict student ...
komonews

Most Washington schools plan to limit student's cellphone, smart device usage this year

OLYMPIA, Wash — Most school districts in Washington state are planning to restrict student's access to cellphones and other smart devices this coming school year, the Washington Office of ...