Study on cellphones in school appears to back Gov. Hochul’s call for ban

LONG ISLAND — A new study has revealed just how much time kids spend on their phones during the school day, and it lends some credence to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s call for a cellphone ban . However, some educators say the ban is the wrong way to tackle the problem. What the Stony Brook University study shows The study comes as the governor has proposed a ban on cellphone use during the entire school day, grades K-12. In Hochul’s “More Learning, Less Scrolling” plan, schools would create their own implementation and give parents a way to contact…..

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