Teens spend 90+ minutes on their phones during typical school day

SEATTLE — As schools nationwide grapple with smartphone policies, new research provides unprecedented and shocking insight into how teenagers use their phones during school hours. Using sophisticated tracking technology, researchers discovered that students spend an average of 92 minutes on their smartphones during a typical school day, with a quarter of students exceeding 2 hours of use.

Moving beyond simple screen time measurements, researchers deployed passive sensing technology to paint a detailed picture of how and when adolescents use their phones during the school day. Their findings raise important questions about the role of smartphones in modern education and their potential impact on learning.

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