School Board Director Lisa Williams, who had voted against the personal device policy for students in December ... citing them as distracting and impeding on student learning. “Cell phones are not ...

While many school districts have had smartphone policies in place for years, evidence shows they are more than an academic distraction and are affecting students' mental, emotional and social health, ...

when the Ministry of Education issued laptops and electronic tablets to all secondary school students for their personal learning. This brought digital devices into the home – whether parents ...

Eight years after first proposed, the Jericho Board of Education on Jan. 23 unanimously approved a ban on cell phones in ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced her plan last Tuesday to include “distraction-free” schools as part of the 2026 fiscal year ...