Policy
Which States Ban or Restrict Cellphones in Schools?
Education Week's running tally of school phone policy: at least 39 states plus the District of Columbia now require K-12 schools to restrict student cellphone use, and 29 states plus DC require bell-to-bell policies. What began as individual school rules is now near-national education policy (tally as checked October 19, 2026; the tracker updates continuously).
The Look Up read
The classroom — where posture, attention, and screens collide for six hours a day — is legislating the look-up direction on its own. Schools are natural allies, not bystanders.
The Look Up view
Not an argument, a tally — and the tally is the story: phone-free classrooms went from experiment to near-national policy because adults watched what the phones were doing.
☀ Use it — Before your next school or parent talk, check your state's rule on this tracker. Presenters who know the local policy sound like authorities — because they are.
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