Melanie Sepulveda, a Staten Island teacher, had her doubts about the new “bell-to-bell” cell phone ban in New York schools. In the past, she watched students drift through the hallways at I.S. 27 ...

Across the country, schools are cracking down on cell phone use. At least 18 states have rolled out bell-to-bell bans, with New York calling phones "distraction devices." Teachers are praising the ...

As students across the country head back to class, one thing won't be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students' devices during school hours. In ...

Someone keeps texting me while I’m at work, even after I asked her to stop, and I can’t block her, because she’s my 16-year-old daughter. A note sent during school lunch was about music lessons; she ...