When North Carolina students return to school classrooms this month, one thing they should keep turned off is their cellphones. A new state law requires public schools to bar students from using their ...

Then State Attorney General Josh Stein answers questions during a town hall on the impacts of social media on youth at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh on March 11, 2024. Now governor, Stein signed ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In California, a high ...

Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on March 27, 2024. North Carolina lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that ...

Loyola University Maryland launched a digital detox class to help students curb smartphone addiction, reduce screen time and ...

Across many high schools, there’s an issue that is being addressed that would not have been much of an issue 20 years ago. That issue is the use of phones at school. In the new age of social media, ...

CHARLOTTE — Students across North Carolina will have to keep their cellphones in backpacks this school year. Gov. Josh Stein has signed House Bill 959 into law, which will restrict the use of ...

North Carolina law now bans student cellphone use during instructional time. Exceptions include emergencies, medical needs, and approved educational use. Wake and Johnston counties impose escalating ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. It’s now illegal for North Carolina public school students to have their phones on in class unless there’s an emergency or they get ...