The Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia (FCPS) is launching a pilot program for several middle schools to prohibit students' cellphone access during the school day, starting in the 2024-25 ...

Carey Gallagher began her senior year at Yonkers Middle High School in New York this week alongside 1,438 students, now all required to place their cellphones in a locked magnetic pouch. Yonkers ...

DUNKIRK, N.Y. (WKBW) — Dunkirk schools have banned students from using cell phones during class, but it's not easily enforced and a rule that's often broken. Educators have tried several ideas to get ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The Fort Wayne Community Schools (FWCS) Board voted in favor of the expansion of the Yondr cell phone pouch program after seeing success in pilot schools. Monday at the FWCS ...

A phone being stored in a Yondr pouch at the Brooklyn Museum in 2019 in New York City. Many schools have bought Yondr pouches in order to help students focus. Credit - Angela Weiss/AFP- Getty Images ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Ahead of the new school year, Clark County School District will roll out signal-blocking cell phone pouches to all secondary schools in the district. Grades 6-12 will have to ...

EASTON — The Talbot County Board of Education unanimously voted Wednesday to institute cell phone pouches at St. Michaels Middle School for the 2025-2026 school year, though it chose to hold off on ...