Virginia’s new cell phone-free classroom rules: What students and parents need to know
On July 9, Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 33 requiring cell phone-free education in all schools in the ...
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VDOE releases cell phone-free education guidelines
The guidelines define cell-phone free education as “bell-to-bell” – meaning phones should be turned off and stored away the ...
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Schools districts waiting for guidance on cell phone usage
If passed, Assembly Bill 3216, also referred to as The Phones-Free Act, would require schools to come up with a plan to limit ...
Column: Los Angeles school kids, get off your damn phones! Trust me, you’ll thank us later
A new L.A. Unified School District rule banning cellphones in classrooms begins in January. It will improve the learning ...
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‘Bell-to-bell’: Virginia DOE releases final draft of Cell Phone-Free Education guidance
In response to Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s Executive Order 33, the VDOE releases final Cell Phone-Free Education guidance.
Why Hezbollah chose low-tech pagers, walkie-talkies over cellphones
By shifting to relatively low-tech communication devices, including pagers and walkie-talkies, Hezbollah apparently sought an ...
Some hiccups emerge with school cell phone bans
In all, seven states have banned or restricted cellphone use in schools, according to a review this month from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Fourteen have introduced bills doing the same, and six more ...
The FCC wants all phones unlocked in sixty days, AT&T and T-Mobile aren't so keen on the plan
The FCC wants to unlock all phones in the US within 60 days of activation, but AT&T and T-Mobile unsurprisingly object to the ...
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Virginia schools host cell phone free education group discussions to hear voices from the community
Richmond Public School parents and community members are invited to participate in discussions regarding Virginia's recently ...
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The history of cell phones: A decade-by-decade timeline
In just a few decades, mobile phones ... phone owes its existence to automobiles and trains, two industries that adopted wireless communication nearly a century ago. In the 1920s, German company ...
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Students must lock up phones at this Knoxville school to remove the 'significant distraction'
"Cell phones, especially with easy access to social media, have become a significant distraction in the learning process." The system Emerald Academy is using, Yondr Phone-Free Spaces, has gained ...
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Meet The Startup Helping Schools Ban Cell Phones
I'm not having to repeat myself over and over again, which I had to with the cell phones. They're working ... a decade ago when the concept of phone-free spaces sounded “impossible” and ...