NY Students Banned From Using Phones First Hated, Then Loved It
- Schools see better grades, student engagement after phone ban
- NY governor plans to propose statewide phone ban in schools
A student places their cellphone in to a phone holder as they enter class.
Photographer: Rick Bowmer/AP PhotoSigns of withdrawal began to show immediately.
At a high school in upstate New York that had banned mobile phones, a student was constantly reaching for her non-existent device and grabbing air. Hallways rang with the sound of kids trying to smash locks and get to their devices. At another school in the Bronx, students plotted a protest.