Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed phone ban in New York schools would launch at the start of the next school year and require most devices be stored away until dismissal. Hochul began Wednesday ...
Samantha Dickerson had taken her 14-year-old son’s phone away as a punishment, so when she got a message from his school about the shooting, she had no way to reach him. “I was nervous,” she ...
Kathy Hochul announced a statewide plan on Wednesday that will restrict the use of devices such as smartphones, smart watches, and tablets in K-12 schools throughout the entire school day.
School administrators provided mostly positive feedback to lawmakers curious ... even if the teacher has a bag, kids are bringing a dummy phone, like mom’s old iPhone, and flipping that into the pouch ...
New York could become the latest state to bar students from using cell phones during school under a new mandate Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed on Tuesday as part of her budget plan. Hochul's rule ...
To help schools pull it off, Hochul announced plans to allocate $13.5 million in the state budget, so that school districts can submit proposals to limit phone-use during school hours in exchange ...
Students’ days of fiddling with their smartphones at school could be numbered in New York state. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to prohibit students from using internet-enabled phones, watches and tabl ...