Angie Mendoza, 17, right, demonstrates how the Yondr pouch is demagnetized to unlock her smart phone at University High School Charter in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The bell ...

Beloit (WREX) – School District of Beloit is using a unique new tool to help students focus on classwork, rather than their cell phones. The district started using Yondr phone pouches, a small ...

Yondr, based in Mar Vista, makes a locking neoprene pouch that about 250 L.A. Unified schools are using to enforce the district’s new cellphone ban. Students at University Charter High School said ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Three grade levels at Emerald Academy have started using personally assigned phone pouches to store students’ phones while they are at school. According to Emerald Academy, ...

There’s no denying the utility of cellphones in certain educational settings. But student distraction, social disengagement and bullying have reached concerning levels in the smartphone age, and K-12 ...

The bell dinged and the University Charter High School students gathered their things and headed for the door. As students flooded from classrooms, a strange, new sound filled the long hallway: the ...

The same type of pouches that concert or comedy show guests are required to store their phones in, are being tested as a way to curb digital device use in Harnett County Schools. The district is ...

4. No. Many students and their parents will not go along with this. It will be a very tough sell. 5. Unsure. It seems like a good idea, but only time will tell if it will be efficient and effective.