For Parents

How to talk to your school about cell phone policies

Protect Young Eyes: Guide

This site contains common pushbacks from schools, steps to get started with this effort in your district, and some great research adound this topic.

Screen Strong: School Policy Resources

Sample school policies for you to use as a guide when making positive changes at your school.

Anxious Generation: Take Action

Parent action guides, sample email or text messages to other parents, how to start a petition, educator action guide, latest legislation, and so much more.

Letter to parents to garner support for phone-free schools

Letters to Administrators

What do I say at a school board meeting?

For Schools

How to implement a cellphone ban

Fordham Institute

Plenty of schools say they don’t allow students to have their phones out during class. But many teachers will tell you that’s lip service. This particular panel talked about policies with teeth, meaning all phones are stored away in a separate location for the entire day, sometimes called “away for the day.”

Survey for schools: Cell Phone Policy

Resources: For Administrators

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