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Titania Jordan is the leading expert on kids and technology. As CMO and Chief Parent Officer of Bark Technologies, she helps protect over 7.5 million children online. She's a go-to voice for national media like TODAY and CBS, and the author of Parental Control.
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School and Smart Watches: What Parents Need to Know | Bark
Smart watches in schools are increasingly being restricted by districts due to distraction and academic integrity concerns, similar to smartphone bans that now affect 98% of U.S. students. Parents should understand their school's specific policies on internet-enabled devices and consider alternatives for staying connected with their children during the school day.
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Summary
Smart watches in schools are increasingly being restricted by districts due to distraction and academic integrity concerns, similar to smartphone bans that now affect 98% of U.S. students. Parents should understand their school's specific policies on internet-enabled devices and consider alternatives for staying connected with their children during the school day.
Tags
smart-watches · school-policies · digital-wellbeing · smartphone-bans · parenting · education-technology · internet-safety
Key entities
Bark (organization, 0.95) · Newsweek (organization, 0.85) · Pew Research (organization, 0.9) · Brookings (organization, 0.85) · EdWeek (organization, 0.85) · New York City (location, 0.9) · Paulding County (location, 0.75) · bell-to-bell phone bans (concept, 0.88) · academic integrity (concept, 0.85)
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reference · language en · status final
Provenance
claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/be@0.1.0, confidence 0.85, 17 Sep 2026