Nearly every U.S. teenager has access to a smartphone — 95%, according to the latest Pew Research Center data — and they don’t stop using them when the school bell rings.
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics in February found students ages 13 to 18 spend on average 1½ hours of each school day on their smartphones doing things like sending texts, playing games and checking social media.
In school district boardrooms across Lancaster County, officials are having discussions about the distractions cellphones pose in the classroom and the role phones play in degrading the mental health of students, yet school leaders say they don’t see a need for much change…