TRENTON, N.J. (WPVI) -- New Jersey is set to become the latest state to ban cellphone use during school hours. Both the state Senate and General Assembly voted to pass the bill on Monday. Under the ...

A bill to ban cell phones throughout the school day is on its way to the governor’s desk. The bill would prohibit use during the school day, as opposed to just in classrooms. It was approved ...

Many of today’s college students are digital natives, having grown up in a world dominated by cellphones, the internet, social media and rapid technological advancements. As a result, more primary and ...

Schools are dealing with record-high rates of depression and anxiety in students, along with declining academic performance. Recent studies have linked high levels of social media use during ...

According to Diane Fedorchack, director of substance misuse prevention strategy and organizer of BASICS at UMass, BASICS intends to be an approach to student substance use that steers away from ...

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Annual assessments arrive on a timetable, and classrooms feel the shift long before test week. Students sense rising stakes, teachers juggle coverage, and parents want simple guidance that actually ...

It may be possible to use personal loans to pay off student loans, though not all lenders allow this. Refinancing federal student loans to a personal loan eliminates access to income-driven repayment ...

Vitomir Kovanović is a professor in learning analytics and associate director of research excellence and communication at the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), University of South ...

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Hawaii high school student seized the opportunity to speak with Pope Leo XIV at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indiana. It’s an event designed for ...

Students across Pennsylvania — including in Berks County — continue to perform below expectations on state standardized tests. The state Department of Education earlier this month released ...

After more than a month delay, assessment data for Kentucky students was publicly released Nov. 19, showing small proficiency gains and a slight increase in the state's graduation rate, alongside a ...