Public school teachers in New York City are seeing a big difference in students since cellphones were banned from their classrooms, the New York Post reported Thursday.
The ban affects nearly one million children in New York’s K-12 and charter schools, and other states have also begun restricting smartphone use in schools.
According to Dr. Jessica Chock-Goldman, director of clinical services at Bard High School Early College of Manhattan on the Lower East Side, the change has been “remarkable” and has affected student behavior in a positive way.
“Kids actually talk to each other in school. They sit in the hallway, they engage, they laugh, they study. They play games,” she told the Post.
In April 2025, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said a $254 billion state budget deal, which included a “bell-to-bell” cellphone ban, was reached and explained it would help protect students, according to Breitbart News.
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