Research & Resources
Go deeper
Handouts to share with your school community, books to read, films to watch, and organizations doing this work. Whether you're trying to convince a co-parent or bring data to a school board meeting.
Articles
- End the Phone-Based Childhood Now The Atlantic
- The Case for Phone-Free Schools After Babel
- My Son's Math Homework Is Essentially Just Pokémon The Atlantic
Handouts & shareable resources
- Age of First Smartphone & Mental Wellbeing Sapien Labs · PDF
- The EdTech Triangle PA Unplugged · PDF
- Small Changes = Big Impact PA Unplugged · PDF
- EdTech Research One Pager PA Unplugged · PDF
- EdTech Action Guide PA Unplugged
- Breaking Down Common Objections to Phone Free Schools PA Unplugged · PDF
- Jonathan Haidt's Parent/Teacher Talk Video · 50 min
Books
- The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt
- 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High Tech World Jean Twenge
- How to Break Up with Your Phone Catherine Price
- Stolen Focus Johann Hari
- Dopamine Nation Anna Lembke
- Free Range Kids Lenore Skenazy
Watch
- The Social Dilemma Film
- Adolescence Netflix
- Chasing Childhood Documentary
- Lost Generation 15 min
- The Battle For Your Time TED Talk · 12 min
Organizations
- PA Unplugged Statewide coalition
- Distraction-Free Schools Phone-free school advocacy
- Smartphone Free Childhood National parent movement
- ScreenStrong Evidence-based screen education
- Screen Free Philly Local screen-free events