Resources
Research, insights, and practical tools to help schools and families build healthier digital habits.
White Papers & Guides
Complying with State Phone Bans: 3 Options for Superintendents
A practical look at magnetic pouches, teacher enforcement, and technology — with the trade-offs of each implementation option.
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Teacher Voices: The Real Cost of Teacher-Enforced Phone Policies
Dive deep into teachers' real experiences managing phone policies and learn how technology can manage enforcement while protecting teachers.
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Let's Talk About Screen Time: A Parent's Guide to the Screen Time Conversation
A practical framework for parents to address screen time as a positive family lifestyle change rather than a punishment.
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What Students Really Want From Phone Policies
Student perspectives on phone bans — what's working, what's not, and how schools can build policies students actually support.
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Explore practical tools and expert insights designed to help schools and parents build healthier digital routines and reduce everyday phone stress.
Setting Phone Limits While Maintaining Connection: At School & At Home
Learn practical strategies for setting boundaries for your students' or kids' phones without losing your cool.
Speaker: Meghan Brand Stauf, Founder & Parent Coach, Grateful Parenting Watch Now →
Beyond the Ban: Creating Safer, Smarter Schools with TRUCE Family + FileWave
Learn how schools can balance safety, reduce phone distractions, support educators, and keep families connected—without blanket bans.
Speakers: FileWave, TRUCE Family Watch Now →
From Distraction to Connection with Common Sense Media
Practical, proven approaches to managing phone use in schools—without bans—featuring real-world frameworks from Common Sense Media experts.
Speakers: Common Sense Media, JK K12 Co Watch Now →
A Candid Conversation on Phone Bans in Schools
A candid conversation with Superintendent Dr. Andrew Schwab on what really works—and what doesn’t—when it comes to phone bans and digital wellness in schools.
Speakers: Dos Palos-Oro Loma Joint Unified School District, JK K12 Co Watch Now →From the Blog
The latest thinking on phone policies, digital wellness, and what works for schools and families.
Seven Signs Your School Has a Demogorgon-Sized Phone Problem
Seven Signs Your School Has a Demogorgon-Sized Phone Problem Cell phones have become a huge distraction problem in schools, and strange things are happening because...
October 15, 2026 Read More →
Phone Bans and IEP/504 Students: Why Pouches Fall Short
Phone storage solutions like pouches and lockers take the whole phone away from students. But state phone laws also require schools to let students with...
October 13, 2026 Read More →
Phone-Free Schools Are Trending, So Why Are Results Still Inconclusive?
Phone-free school policies are spreading fast, but early results on academic performance are mixed. Here's the piece most research is missing.
August 11, 2026 Read More →
Your School Phone Policy Needs to Extend to the Home
School phone policies improve focus and reduce disruptions — but real digital habit change requires consistency at home too. Learn how TRUCE Family bridges the...
June 23, 2026 Read More →
Not Required to Have a Phone Ban? You Should Still Have One
Although you may not need to implement a phone policy by law, choosing to restrict or ban phones in school can help students regain focus...
June 10, 2026 Read More →
Summer Is the Best Time to Get Your School Phone Policy Right
Summer is the perfect time to refresh your phone policy. Here are the things every superintendent and school leader should consider when refreshing--or establishing--their phone...
May 28, 2026 Read More →Want distraction-free schools without the hassle?
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