Study.com shares insights from a survey of 1,000 educators surrounding the cell phone ban and its effects on student engagement.

A Knoxville school has become the first in Knox County to implement a total ban on cell phones in classrooms, a policy that reflects a growing national trend among schools looking to boost student focus and remove the distraction of constant digital access.

This school year, many of the nation's adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones.