Opal for Schools

The easiest phone policy built for schools

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Opal for Schools benefits and empowers students, faculty, and parents alike.

Student-Driven
500,000 students choose to use Opal every day.

Admin-Controlled
The school chooses which apps get blocked.

Parent-Supported
Calling is always available.

The first bell-to-bed phone policy

“Bell-to-bell” phone bans don’t work.

Research (Lancet, 2025) shows that lock-up methods like pouches and cubbies fail to improve grades, wellbeing, or even reduce students’ overall screentime. Instead, kids binge after school and never learn the critical skill of digital self-regulation.

Over 500,000 students already choose Opal daily: for homework, family time, and better sleep. With Opal for Schools, educators get a calmer, more focused classroom and help students build self-regulation beyond school hours.

And it costs less than the old lock-up solutions.

More affordable & easier setup

Than current solutions like pouches.

Setup steps:

1. Send an email to students with instructions on how to install Opal
2. Print QR codes (optional)
3. An admin logs into the Opal Dashboard

That's it!

It can be launched tomorrow with no extra work from your tech team or teachers. The Opal team provides professional:

• Positioning and language to get students and parents excited
• Onboarding to get you seamlessly setup in minutes
• Ongoing support to keep everyone successfully engaged

How it works

Before school starts, and after it ends, all apps are active.

When entering school, Opal deactivates apps banned by school.

Banned apps cannot be accessed during school hours.

Students are motivated to focus while at school and on their own time.

Leaderboard encourages students to achieve the lowest screen time among their classmates.

Unlike other phone-free policies, the Opal for Schools dashboard allows school admins to have a data-backed view of the success of their policy in real time.

Top Schools Learn with Opal

When Harvard-Westlake wanted a better school phone policy, they partnered with Opal to lead the way.

By choosing Opal, Harvard-Westlake set a powerful example: schools can give students agency over their devices while still creating focused, supportive learning environments.

And they’re not alone, with other schools already following their lead across the US.

"Opal gives us the ability to enforce a clear phone policy during school hours while giving students the freedom to experience the benefits of focus and connection beyond the classroom."

Ari Engelberg
Head of Communications & Strategic Initiatives
Harvard-Westlake School

Join the schools adopting phone policies that are built for students of today—and tomorrow.

Opal vs Phone Pouches

Instead of punishing students with pouches, Opal empowers students to take control of their technology use - building habits that improve focus, mental health, and personal responsibility. It's smarter.