Connecticut's correctional ombudsman is calling for greater scrutiny of staff after contraband was found in a state prison.

I agree with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that cellphones probably don't belong in classrooms. They are likely to distract from learning, to impede socialization, or both.

Legislative bill enhancing the state’s default school cellphone policy clears another hurdle to ratification ...

Lawmakers in Massachusetts are looking into possibly banning cellphones in schools across the state. There are more than half-a-dozen school proposals on Beacon Hill right now. Each one has a wide ...

The General Assembly is considering a statewide bell-to-bell cellphone ban amid rising concerns about the adverse effects ...

The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. Some Massachusetts school systems take student phones away during the school day, and there's a movement ...

Cellphone use by students will be banned in DC Public Schools starting in the fall, the school district announced Friday. Administrators made the decision as part of an effort to “refocus student ...

New Jersey public school districts will be required to bar their students from using cellphones and other smart devices during school hours under a bill signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday ...

Cellphones wouldn't be allowed in students' pockets under a proposed revision to the Wake school board's draft cellphone policy. The school board discussed further changes during its policy committee ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing to ban children from using cellphones while in school. See if our online poll voters agree with him.