Students in Orange County Public Schools will not be able to use ... out” when they do learn about the new rule. Students’ phones must be silent and in backpacks or purses from the first ...

Student engagement increased. So did the hunt for contraband phones. By Natasha Singer Reporting from Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, Fla. One afternoon last month, hundreds of students ...

It made me happy,” she said with a laugh. In her view, Orange County Public Schools’ ban on phones during the school day — a rule in effect even during lunch — has been a four-month ...