NYC Students Return to Class Amid Smartphone Ban Debate
TL;DR
NYC public school students are returning to classrooms under a new smartphone ban, with school staff like James Teal responsible for collecting and securing phones each day to reduce distractions and promote better engagement, despite some students feeling frustrated or disconnected.
- NYC students head back to the classroom, but have to check their smartphones first Gothamist
- NYC cellphone ban: Frankie Focus visits New York City middle school students in Brooklyn for 1st day of classes ABC7 New York
- Today’s the First Day of No Smartphones in Schools The New York Times
- NYC students head back to school, now with cellphone-free classrooms CBS News
- NYC schools’ controversial cellphone ban leaves students, parents divided: ‘Not going to work’ New York Post
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