Students and parents are required to sign official pledges committing to this policy. The complete ban on mobile phones is in line with the Ministry of Education’s directives, and schools noted ...

The school spokesperson, 16-year-old Lena Speck, is herself a little surprised how well day one of the mobile phone ban started ... You can sign up here for the weekly email newsletter Berlin ...

Many teachers welcome schools' efforts to ban mobile phones. Andrea Vondenhoff ... DW editors round up what is happening in German politics and society. You can sign up here for the weekly email ...

Many schools and parents are pushing to ban smartphones for teens, arguing they're harmful to mental health and learning, while others see it as an oversimplified fix to deeper issues ...

When we asked for your views on whether smartphones should be banned in schools, 73 per cent said yes ... most children in secondary school had old-style mobile phones and some used them in class – ...

When we asked for your views on whether smartphones should be banned in schools ... most children in secondary school had old-style mobile phones and some used them in class – texting under ...