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New York says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of 585 people who enforce it

The state says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of the people who enforce it.

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New York says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of 585 people who enforce it

The state says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of the people who enforce it.

New York says its school phone ban is working. The evidence is a survey of 585 people who enforce it
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A year into New York’s bell-to-bell school phone ban, the state has declared it a success. The fine print is worth reading: the evidence is an opt-in, end-of-year survey of 585 educators, and the data that would actually prove it is not in yet.

The policy itself is sweeping. Since September 2025, a statewide law bars students from using smartphones and other internet-enabled personal devices on school grounds for…

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