Starting in the 2025-2026 school year, devices such as cellphones, tablets and smart watches will no longer be allowed to be ...

All NYC schools, from elementary to high school, will now have to use city-approved reading programs to help struggling ...

School districts in New York are working to implement the state’s cellphone ban policy by August 1st. School districts across the state have until August 1st to answer the call.

The major shift in policy at city public schools started in 2015 under then-Mayor Bill de Blasio, when the DOE began requiring principals to obtain approval from the central office before suspending ...

The schedule changes will not impact schools being closed on Thursday. Friday was planned as a day off for many students in pre-K and 3-K programs, elementary schools, and middle schools, ...

NYC approves a policy to ban student use of personal devices during school hours starting in the 2025-2026 term.

New York City public schools are set to adopt new guidelines outlining the Department of Education’s policy on the state-imposed phone ban in schools.The state’s “Distraction-Free Schools Law,” signed ...

Batavia and Starpoint schools held meetings Monday to vote in their new policies ahead of the Aug. 1 deadline.

In a memo sent last week, obtained by The Post, a New York State Education Department official said the Science and ...