Some Texas school districts now limit or outright ban students from using their cellphones in class, and there's momentum to make that policy apply for the nearly 6 million children in public schools.

The county's top health official published a rare correspondence outlining reasons smartphones are not great for county ...

According to Pew Research Center, 72% of teachers say cellphones are major source of distraction in school. Only 33% of ...

Just weeks into the school year, Texas school districts responded to numerous violent threats, with Nexstar's Texas stations ...

Danielle Hicks is one of many moms on both sides of the political divide with mixed feelings about the push to confiscate ...

Without their devices, students “look each other in the eye again,” says Nolan Catholic High principal Oscar Ortiz. | Opinion ...

The top elected official in a suburban Houston county has been indicted over allegations he created fake and racist social ...

From cutting social services to changing election rules, Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has pushed his agenda with an ...

San Francisco doctor Laura Esserman and other physicians have urged their colleagues and medical societies to move all ...

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The debate over cell phones in the classroom was the focus at Monday night’s Portland Public Schools’ Board meeting.

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath on Wednesday said next year lawmakers should ban the use of cellphones in public schools across the state. Morath’s endorsement of a statewide ban came ...