A Texas official has urged the ban of cellphones in schools, citing the devices' "harmful" effects on students. On Wednesday, Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath spoke at a Senate ...

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath ... People supporting universal cellphone bans note that the devices distract students from learning and are harmful to children's mental health.

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

Texas lawmakers are calling for the ban of cellphones in public schools across the state causing a divide in the Panhandle.

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

Opponents of cellphone bans ... call the police for help. Students put their cellphones in their lockers after switching them off at a high school in Lorient, France, on September 5. A Texas ...

only 41% of Texas students demonstrated an adequate understanding of math, a significant cause for concern among lawmakers Wednesday. People supporting universal cellphone bans note that the ...

During the Uvalde school shooting, where a gunman massacred 19 students and two teachers, children trapped inside the school used phones to call ... 2024/09/18/texas-school-cell-phone-ban/.

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.