App offers alternative to classroom phone ban
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(The Center Square) – As the concern over cell phones in the classroom rises, banning them from schools will not solve the deep-rooted issue, says the founder of Opal, a phone app that helps users with daily screen time and blocks games and social media. The movement to ban the technology from classrooms has gained bipartisan popularity among several state lawmakers. Around 76% of U.S. public schools from California to Florida, have implemented some sort of ban.