Yondr makes a locking pouch that for years has been used at entertainment events to sequester cellphones and now is being ...

Students aren’t using the Yondr cell phone pouches — but cell phone use in schools is down. Several students who took part in ...

"Being able to pouch every phone as it comes in the door — it is not as easy as it might seem," said Ridley's superintendent, Lee Ann Wentzel. She noted that the district's high school has 1,900 ...

The Talbot County Board of Education unanimously voted Wednesday to institute cell phone pouches at St. Michaels Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year, though it chose to ...

Storm Lake St. Mary’s Middle and High School introduced Yondr pouches to keep phone distractions to a minimum.

District 11 has enforced a no-phone rule for middle and high school students. It requires students to lock their devices in a pouch during the school day.

Wakefield High School is part of a pilot program requiring students to put their phones inside magnetic locking pouches every morning. Students – and teachers – are happy with the results so far.

Some have simply told school officials they don't have a mobile phone. Others find decoys to place in their pouches, pocketing their real devices for surreptitious use throughout the school day.