WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - “This time next year, children all across the state will have had almost a year of regaining their lives back,” said Governor Kathy Hochul. Governor Hochul is touting a ...

The smartphone is a powerful tool, offering a near limitless pool of information, good and bad, at your fingertips. That also makes it a powerful distraction. Some school districts have implemented ...

LATHAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Capital Region school districts took part in a round table discussion with Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday to discuss the upcoming statewide distraction-free classroom policy. The ...

WATERVLIET, N.Y. — With the start of the 2025-26 academic year just days away, the new Distraction-Free Schools law means significant changes for thousands of students across the state —unless you’re ...

Across the United States, more schools are implementing policies restricting cellphones as concerns about digital distraction, mental health and academic performance rise. The scale of the issue is ...

NEW YORK (WBNG) -- Governor Kathy Hochul hosted a round table discussion in New York City to highlight her “Distraction Free Schools Law” yesterday. During the discussion, Hochul was joined by New ...

Device-based learning is no longer "new," but many schools still lack a coherent playbook for managing it. Many school districts dashed to adopt 1:1 computing during the pandemic, spending $48 million ...

A bill has been introduced in the Georgia House that would extend the current cellphone ban in schools to high schools. Here's what we know.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The scale of the issue is significant. According to a 2023 report from Common Sense ...