Sam Marlow had always planned to give her 12-year-old daughter Rubie a smartphone when she started secondary school. That all changed in September, when the school decided to ban smartphones from ...

The measure would prohibit most student cell phone use in class. Illinois is one of only nine states with no state law ...

James Tierinni has seen what happens when schools ban phones. “About eight, nine years ago, I had to police people’s cellphones. And I’d have to talk to the same kid over and over again,” Tierinni ...