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Cellphones in schools – more states are taking action to reduce student distraction without eliminating tech access

By Kui Xie, Dean of College of Education and Human Development, University of Missouri-Columbia
Florence Martin, Professor of Learning, Design and Technology, North Carolina State University

More school systems are providing digital devices for students to use in the classroom, making it harder to justify students having personal cellphones in class.

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