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May 22, 2024
After Orange County Public Schools approved a new cell phone policy preventing students from using their phones during the school day, Timber Creek High School came up with ways to keep students engaged without their phones.
January 21, 2024
200,000 Florida students in the Orange County school district in Orlando had cell phones banned during the school day and found both grades improved and bullying decreased.
November 4, 2023
One afternoon in late September, hundreds of students at Timber Creek High School in Orlando poured into the campus’s sprawling central courtyard to hang out and eat lunch. For members of an extremely online generation, their activities were decidedly analog.
October 31, 2023
Schools in Orlando took a tougher approach than a new state law required. Student engagement increased. So did the hunt for contraband phones.
October 31, 2023
The ban went into effect in September, and has prohibited pupils in Orlandos Orange County public schools system from using their devices since.
October 31, 2023
Like many exasperated parents, public schools across the United States are adopting increasingly drastic measures to try to pry young people away from their cellphones.