Clay Shirky teaches social media theory and practice at New York University (NYU). Definitely not the type to play censor on Internet use. Yet this fall semester, reluctantly, he asked his students to ...

A majority of teenagers in the United States reported becoming distracted when using digital devices in class, and it has some correlation with their academic performance, according to results from ...

WESTON, Wis. (WSAW) - Many (72 percent) U.S. high school teachers say cell phone distraction is a major problem in the classroom, according to a recent poll by Pew Research Center. The principal at DC ...

Jamaal Wellman places his phone in a caddy at the start of a seventh-grade social studies class at Rolesville Middle School on March 27, 2024. North Carolina lawmakers are poised to pass a bill that ...

(TNS) — Parents texting or calling their kids during class is a major source of frustration for many teachers. But that's not the only way that parents are using technology to insert themselves into ...

Nearly half of teachers, principals, and district leaders say that parents are texting and emailing their children during class at least daily, according to a survey by the EdWeek Research Center. The ...

North Carolina lawmakers are sending a message to students that they need to put away their phones when they’re in class and focus on learning. The state House voted 114-3 on Tuesday to pass ...