Classroom Phone Use Is Higher Than Expected

New app-based data show students use phones far more during class time than many families expect

Topline

Objective app-based tracking suggests U.S. adolescents spend more than an hour per school day on smartphones, with social media accounting for the largest share, even as most schools report having phone-use policies in place.

Study Details

Researchers analyzed passive smartphone data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study, one of the…