Some educators and advocates question the effort and believe that cell phone-free policies could be hard to enforce and may harm certain students.

The two appeals from GOP-led states mark the first time the high court has been asked to decide the question in a substantive way amid a yearslong legal battle waged by transgender students and their advocates against a slew of such bans enacted in more than two dozen states.

Education experts across the political spectrum interpret the GOP platform's wording as favoring the type of approach adopted in states like West Virginia and Ohio, which make available taxpayer-funded vouchers, or scholarships, that can follow a child regardless of income to any public or private school.

To effectively integrate emerging technologies, it's essential to equip educators with the knowledge and skills to help students understand what they're learning.