A friend of mine once told me, "I always keep my phone on silent mode… which doesn't matter because I compulsively look at it every three minutes anyway." He's not the only one. From becoming a text ...

When I tried leaving my phone outside of arm's reach or in another room, I found myself unable to sleep. I couldn't stop ...

Farmington Public Schools banned phones two years ago. Students, teachers and administrators report on the pros and cons.

Over time, every teacher makes small changes that have a big impact on how their classes run. A veteran teacher shares the ...

House Bill 1009, introduced by Republican state Rep. Scott Hilton earlier this month and expected to be debated in the coming weeks, would extend Georgia’s current K-8 restrictions to high schools.

Pastor James Arter of First Evangelical Lutheran Church and Cross Roads Community Presbyterian Church in Leechburg vividly recalls the moment he experienced a cellphone etiquette faux pas during a ...

Cable networks again analyzed an ICE officer’s shooting of a 37-year-old Minneapolis woman, this time with the new angle from footage that was taken by the federal agent. On social media, the footage ...

In one of his final and, perhaps, most impactful actions before he ends his time in office, Gov. Phil Murphy signed bipartisan legislation Jan. 8 requiring all New Jersey school districts to adopt ...

Along the bell curve of self-control, I sit somewhere in that far left quadrant. When attempting to change my own behavior, I’m a notoriously lenient boss, always willing to cut myself a little slack.

Dear Annie: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

Ms. Angwin, a contributing Opinion writer, is an investigative journalist. I have long been skeptical of the current hysteria about how our phones are addictive machines destroying our previously ...

Like many states, Pennsylvania is weighing a “bell-to-bell” mandatory ban on cell phones in school. Like a social contagion, these laws have spread despite lack of evidence that they are useful. For ...