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How New York schools are implementing cellphone ban

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published September 8, 2025 at 10:51 AM CDT
The new iPhone X is displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
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The new iPhone X is displayed during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

In New York state, students are adjusting to a new cellphone ban in schools.

Amy Zimmer, New York bureau chief at Chalkbeat, joins us to discuss how schools are implementing the ban.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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