School districts can now offer parents real-time visibility into how students use their devices — while keeping full administrative authority over which details are shared.
Screen Time in Parent Portal closes that gap. Districts can finally have a proactive conversation with families instead of a reactive one.”— Matthew Burg, VP of Product IT Solutions at Lightspeed SystemsAUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, July 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Lightspeed Systems, a provider of K-12 digital safety, student wellness, and device management solutions, has announced the immediate availability of Screen Time in Parent Portal. This new feature enables school districts to optionally provide families with up-to-the-minute device usage information.
Internal research from Lightspeed reveals that 73% of parents worry about their child’s online activities and screen time, yet the majority lack direct insight into their child’s actual device use. Meanwhile, the data paints a more balanced picture than many anticipate: average screen time during school hours is only 48 minutes, with most of that time dedicated to instructional applications rather than social media or entertainment.
Through Screen Time in Parent Portal, parents gain access to their child’s daily average screen time, total usage over the preceding seven days, most frequently used apps, and a separation of in-school versus after-school activity. This information is presented within the Lightspeed Parent Portal — a system already managed and controlled by the district.
IT leaders can choose whether to activate the feature and decide exactly which data cards are shown to families. This approach gives districts the flexibility to address parent and board requests without losing oversight of what information is displayed.
“Most school-day screen time is instructional — but parents have no way to know that. What we keep hearing from districts is that the anxiety isn’t coming from bad data, it’s coming from no data. Screen Time in Parent Portal closes that gap. Districts can finally have a proactive conversation with families instead of a reactive one,” said Matthew Burg, VP of Product IT Solutions at Lightspeed Systems.
Screen Time in Parent Portal is powered by Lightspeed Insight, meaning the same data administrators already review is now available for districts to surface to families. No new data collection, no additional configuration, and no added cost — the feature is included for all customers with active Lightspeed Filter™ and Lightspeed Insight™ licenses and SmartSync configured.
Parents can also access a “How is this calculated?” explanation directly on the screen time page, giving families the context they need to understand and trust the data.
Availability
Screen Time in Parent Portal is available now to all customers with active Lightspeed Filter and Lightspeed Insight licenses and SmartSync configured, at no additional cost. Administrators can enable it from Filter Settings → Parent Portal.
About Lightspeed Systems
With more than 25 years of serving education, Lightspeed Systems delivers the most in-depth visibility and control to power exceptional schools where students are safe and engaged; technology is compliant and easily managed; and resources are secure and optimized. Purpose-built for school networks and devices, Lightspeed’s cloud-managed solutions include the most effective web filtering, student safety monitoring, classroom management, device management, and data analytics software available. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with a European office in London, UK, Lightspeed serves over 23 million students across 31,000 schools in 43 countries, utilizing 15 million devices.
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