Clear up the phone policy confusion and go beyond the ban
Download our whitepapers to better understand your state-specific student cellphone policy mandate. Learn how schools are moving beyond compliance-only policies and addressing device challenges with behavioral science.
These white papers will showcase:
- The nuances of each state cellphone policy mandate
- Why pouch-based and compliance-only policies fall short
- How app design – not the phone itself – drives distraction
- What makes The Commons™ a sustainable alternative
- How to align tech use with whole-child development
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What’s the Right Way to Limit Phones in School?
By Rick HessHow can schools best manage phones? There’s a lot to suggest that bans can help. But there are big questions about how these will fare over time and the best ways to cultivate good habits in students.
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Student Autonomy is the Missing Piece in the Phone Debate
By Jenny Grant Rankin, PhDAI, cell phones, the internet... Our world is changing more rapidly than ever before as new technology disrupts the ways we work and live.
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How to Rejuvenate In-Person Interactions and 'the Commons' in Schools… Through an App
By The Future of EducationWhen it comes to educating kids on risk factors like substance use and sexual health, we ensure that students have the knowledge and tools they need to make the right choice in different circumstances. Yet, as we start to address a new big risk factor for kids—harmful tech use—we have yet again opted to start with abstinence through statewide phone bans in schools.
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Airplane mode solved a tech problem once. It can do it again in schools
By Steve JoelFresh polling from Morning Consult shows that nearly two-thirds of parents (63%) feel their child should be allowed to have their cell phone at school, but only one-third of parents feel their child should be allowed to have their cell phone in the classroom.
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Phone-Free Schools Rob Kids of Agency
By The 74 MillionRather than bell-to-bell prohibitions, new app offers ‘airplane mode’ for schools that can be tweaked, teaching self-control, founders say.
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ED’s Shutdown Plan in Action
By Ben WallersteinInstead of collecting devices or locking them away, [The Commons is] tapping into students’ intrinsic motivation and social cues, to give them nudges toward healthy use
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