The state commission says New Jersey school districts should have full-day cellphone restrictions to help curb smartphone addiction among teens.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is refusing to disclose the costs of using a fuzzy “Frankie Focus” mascot unveiled last week to promote the “bell to bell” school cellphone ban, a “Sesame Street”-type character that ...

NYC educators and mental health professionals are trying to help students adjust to school without cellphones. Just don’t call it a ban, they advise.

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The much-discussed, much-debated and parentally panned school cell phone ban is a near non-issue for most students through the first few weeks of the school year. Proposed by Gov. Kathy Hochul and ...

The new statewide smartphone edict went into effect this school year — and students, parents and teachers are already giving it high marks.

Gov. Kathy Hochul insisted that children are better off not having cellphones during school shootings and classroom emergencies because their devices could tip off their location to maniacs. Hochul’s ...

Students at Jefferson County Public Schools in Kentucky have checked out half of last year's total library books in the first two weeks of school.

Hochul said political violence is not new to this generation, but social media has made it even more dangerous.

Lasher, who unsuccessfully ran for state Senate in 2016, enters the race as the man who has fought in the trenches of New York politics since he signed up for Nadler’s political club while a student ...