More Maryland schools are locking up cellphones and banning them from class

Putting away your cellphone for six hours a day turns out to be a wonderful thing — even in the eyes of middle schoolers who were forced to give up their devices for an entire school year. Locking up their cellphones, the Hampstead Hill Academy students said, unlocked their brains. With their phones stored in pouches only an administrator can open, they no longer feel that constant itch to sneak a peek.