A wave of validation swept over me when I read the many emails from teachers and parents who responded to my column about how overuse of screens in classrooms is hurting education. Even though plenty ...

In today’s classrooms, smartphones are doing far more harm than good. These devices, while useful in some settings, have become a persistent source of distraction, stress, and even danger for students ...

EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The East Greenbush Central School District has shared its distraction free classroom policy for the upcoming school year. It’s part of the state’s new mandate that bans ...

The saboteur in today’s classroom is a familiar device: the screen. Back-to-back coverage in The New York Times has brought the classroom crisis into the public eye: The first on Nov. 12 discussed a ...

Device-based learning is no longer "new," but many schools still lack a coherent playbook for managing it. Many school districts dashed to adopt 1:1 computing during the pandemic, spending $48 million ...

Concerns about classroom distraction and mental health have prompted schools across the country to reconsider rules on student cellphone use, and the Danbury area has not been immune. The state ...

With classroom management, real-time translation and screen monitoring built in, Google Class tools help teachers run more ...

More than 70% of high school teachers in the U.S. say cell phones are a major classroom distraction, according to The Pew Research Center. Across the nation, schools are adopting new bans on phones as ...