Summary

The website “40 States with Phone-Free School Policies” examines the adoption of policies restricting cell phone use in schools across the United States. It identifies 40 states with these policies, categorized by levels of progress – National Leader (Utah and New York), Rising Star, Emerging Action, Limited Action, and Top States. The initiative, driven by the Childhood Index, aims to promote childhood independence, outdoor play, and healthy development by limiting children's exposure to social media and advocating for bell-to-bell phone-free school policies through state-level political action. Clicking on a state on the map provides a detailed scorecard.

Title

The Childhood Index

Description

A data-driven, state-by-state scorecard showing where kids are thriving—and where they're not—across both online and offline environments.

Keywords

kids, states, childhood, state, index, action, help, phone, free, social, policies, national, leader, laws, movement, school, rankings

NS Lookup

A 216.150.1.1

Dates

Created 2026-03-14

Updated 2026-03-14

Summarized 2026-03-16