PULASKI CO., Va. – Virginia schools are reporting positive results halfway through the first academic year of implementing the state’s new “bell-to-bell” cell phone policy, with administrators noting ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — When the 2025-2026 school year began in the fall, New York became the largest state in the U.S. with a bell-to-bell ban on smartphones and other internet-enabled devices in K-12 ...

(The Center Square) — New Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte is touting the impact of the state’s new bell-to-bell cellphone ban in public schools, saying feedback from educators suggests the restrictions ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Utah — Bell-to-bell, no phones in school. No "snapping" in the feed. Not even during lunch. That's the policy Utah leaders are now proposing to be enacted statewide for all public ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students’ cellphones are stored before a class at Olympus High School in Holladay on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. | Isaac Hale, Deseret ...

(TNS) — Ann Arbor Public School officials have been open about the variety of steps they’re taking to curb distractions with limits to cellphone use in class. But local Ann Arbor parents and advocates ...

Republican lawmakers want to expand Wisconsin’s new school cellphone ban to cover the entire school day, including lunch, ...

ASHBURN, Va. — After seeking input from families on a proposed ban on cell phones in schools, officials with Loudoun County Public Schools are taking steps to make it a reality, complying with a new ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A newly proposed bill in the Utah legislature looks to prohibit cell phone use during school hours, or from “bell-to-bell.” That’s according to the language of the bill ahead ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As students returned from winter break across Oregon, a bell-to-bell cell phone ban went into effect in public schools statewide. The policy was put in place by Executive Order ...