Put the phone away! Philadelphia students return to school with new restrictions on cell phone use

Name: Put the phone away! Philadelphia students return to school with new restrictions on cell phone use
Uploaded: 2026-08-24T07:18:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 19 s
Description: At the end of the last school year, Pennsylvania legislators passed a bill requiring schools to restrict students' access to cell phones during the day. The bill lets schools decide for themselves how to do this — and Wakisha Bailey gets a look at one school's approach, Yondr pouches that stay locked from the first bell to the last.

At the end of the last school year, Pennsylvania legislators passed a bill requiring schools to restrict students' access to cell phones during the day. The bill lets schools decide for themselves how to do this — and Wakisha Bailey gets a look at one school's approach, Yondr pouches that stay locked from the first bell to the last.