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Full school day cellphone bans are more popular than ever
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Key Takeaway
As schools across the country continue to implement cellphone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support. Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cellphones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support banning them for the entire school day.
Published July 29, 2026 · Category: Tech
Overview
As schools across the country continue to implement cellphone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support.
Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cellphones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support banning them for the entire school day. That's the first time more Americans have supported, rather than opposed, so-called bell-to-bell bans. Two years ago, just 36 percent of American adults supported an all day ban.
Across all age groups over 18 that were surveyed, most respondents support in-class bans. That support is lower but still at least half for all-day bans across most age …
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As schools across the country continue to implement cellphone bans, a new Pew Research Center survey shows they continue to gain support. Seventy-seven percent of US adults support banning cellphones in middle and high school classes, and 48 percent support banning them for the entire school day. That's the first time more Americans have supported, […]
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