Hochul said that across the board, school leaders expressed concerns about excessive phone usage leading to a lack of ...

Governor Kathy Hochul is pressing forward with a sweeping new law that will ban student smartphone use throughout the entire ...

Earlier in July, Governor Kathy Hochul highlighted growing momentum for New York’s implementation of distraction-free schools ...

The New York governor lambasted the federal government for not cracking down on weapons of war as home furnishings.

The Panel for Educational Policy, the voting body overseeing the city’s public schools, last Wednesday approved proposed amendments to Chancellor’s Regulations A-413 that align with Gov. Hochul’s mand ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited North Syracuse to talk about the upcoming implementation of bell-to-bell smartphone restrictions, ...

Phones will have to be stored while students are in school. And that doesn’t mean they can be placed in backpacks.

This fall, students across New York State will return to classrooms that are a little quieter, a little calmer, and — if the research holds true — a lot more ...

The policy, enacted in response to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push take phones and other electronic devices out of students’ hands ...

The nation's largest school district is expanding its student cellphone ban to include any "internet-enabled" devices such as ...

New York City public schools are set to adopt new guidelines outlining the Department of Education’s policy on the state-imposed phone ban in schools.The state’s “Distraction-Free Schools Law,” signed ...