Phys.org

Lockable phone pouches in schools can improve student well-being over time, not test scores or bullying

A popular device for restricting cell phone use in middle and high schools is effective at achieving that aim, leading to short-term disruption but ultimately positive effects on student well-being, ...
Columbus Dispatch

How Quincy schools plan to ban student cell phone use

Quincy Public Schools is proposing a strict cell phone ban for middle and high school students. Students would be required to lock their phones in special pouches for the entire school day. The ...
Talbot Spy

It’s in the Bag: Talbot Moves Early on Maryland’s “Bell-to-Bell” Phone Law Including Phone Pouches

Maryland’s new law, officially called the Joanne C. Benson Maryland Phone-Free Schools Act, took effect July 1. It requires ...
Scientific American

School cell phone bans may boost student well-being—but not test scores, new study suggests

Cell phone bans in schools are working—at least as far as keeping kids off their phones during school, according to a new working paper. But the bans, which have been touted by researchers, educators ...
KERO-TV

Las Vegas schools will require students to store phones in signal-blocking pouches

Starting in the 2024-25 school year, students in Las Vegas' Clark County School District will require all students in grades 6 to 12 to carry their cell phones in non-locking, signal-blocking pouches.
Colorado Public Radio

Where will students’ cell phones be kept once school starts in the fall?

High school junior Elise Nerlich sat in a circle with a handful of other students at Longmont Museum one day in March, trying to come up with ideas on how schools should regulate cell phone use during ...