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Gov. Armstrong signs bill banning cell phone use in schools
BISMARCK, ND ( KXNET) — Students across the state will soon have to put away their phones during the school day. Governor ...
Michigan lawmakers push competing plans for regulating cellphones in schools
The disagreement could be a test of whether Republicans, who control the House, and Democrats, who lead the Senate, can reach ...
Some parents and teachers want Portland schools to be phone-free. The district just took the first step.
Portland school leaders are taking up new cellphone policies this spring that would prohibit students from having a phone on campus, from the first bell to the last. Current district policies say high ...
Portland considers collecting students' cell phones to minimize classroom distractions
Portland’s Curriculum and Policy Committee advanced a policy last week that would require schools to collect the phones at ...
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GA may be next to ban phones in schools. What are the safety concerns?
Georgia is on the verge of passing a new bill that will ban cell phones in all K-8 schools hoping to limit distractions, but ...
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Some Ohioans say proposed ban of phones in schools violates parents’ rights
Gov. Mike DeWine called for a full cellphone ban in schools last week, but some parents say the move defies his record of supporting parents’ decision-making in ...
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Students could lose access to using cell phones in schools in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two separate bills have now passed the Alabama House and Senate that would ban students in public schools from using their cell phones during class. It’s an effort to limit ...
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Remember public phones? The Masters still offers old-school devices as alternative to cellphones
If I had to use one of those phones I probably would've had to ask ... One of the calls he made was to his 14-year-old son Connor, who was on a school fieldtrip to Washington.
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Want Kids to Stay in School? Let Them Keep Their Phones.
Their first smartphones were mainly for keeping in touch with their parents. This is a key reason schools prohibit cellphones: Teachers believe phones can distract students and be temptations that end ...
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Banning phones in schools is wrong – I needed to know my son was safe
So, hearing that 90% of secondary schools have now banned mobile phones leaves me feeling very conflicted. According to the research by the children’s commissioner for England, some of these schools ...
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UK should ban mobile phones in schools by law - have your say
Daniel Kebede, the general secretary of the National Education Union (NEU), has called for a total ban on mobile phones in UK schools. He highlighted concerns that children have access to "hardcore ...
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Franklin school, city officials break ground on Cub Academy Preschool
Cub Academy students and officials hold shovels to break ground on a new Cub Academy Preschool on Friday. Provided by Franklin Schools With shovels big and small, Franklin Community School Corp ...