Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school.

This photo provided by Spokane Public Schools shows Adams Elementary fifth graders pausing to pose for a photo while painting a mural at Spokane Community College in May 2024, in Spokane, Wash.

Competing for the attention of tweens and teens is not a new battle for teachers. But as the use of cellphones by middle and high school students has surged in recent years, many teachers have begun ...

Students returning to Texas schools will have to learn to do without their cell phones. State lawmakers banned them from classrooms to reduce distractions and hopefully improve student focus and ...

The Los Angeles School Board has voted to ban the use of cellphones in the country's second largest school district. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: LA school board member Nick Melvoin pointed to studies ...