When my son was in ninth grade, at a well-regarded DC public school, he spent his days guzzling entertainment. We did not send him to school with a phone—it was too distracting—but the school district ...

Computer engineering is a broad field that sits in between the hardware of electrical engineering and the software of computer science. When computer engineers design hardware, they focus on what the ...

This school year, many of the nation's adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones. States such as Florida, Indiana ...

More than 70% of high school teachers in the U.S. say cell phones are a major classroom distraction, according to The Pew Research Center. Across the nation, schools are adopting new bans on phones as ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

CALLING. ALL KIDS SPECIAL SERIES. AND IT COMES AS NO SURPRISE EACH OF THESE STUDENTS HAS A CELL PHONE. THEY’VE SHARED HOW THEY USE IT FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS SOCIALLY OVERALL IN THEIR ...

When it comes to cellphone use by students, local educators have a concept of a plan. It’s about time. As reported recently by The Columbian, the Vancouver and Evergreen districts hope to have ...