They\u2019re calling it a ringing success. <\/p>\n
A majority of New York teachers reported huge classroom improvements<\/a> after the state\u2019s first phone-free school year \u2014 thanks to better student focus, less bullying and more kids just being kids. <\/p>\n About 600 public school teachers were polled and 76% of them gave high marks to the no-cellphone policy implemented in September, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Monday during a roundtable at Brooklyn\u2019s PS 383 Middle School.<\/p>\n The educators reported a noticeable improvement in student behavior and said they were more engaged in discussions and collaborated better with one another. <\/p>\n Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the cellphone ban responses during a roundtable at PS 383 Middle School Monday. Office of Governor Kathy Hochul<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re participating in class discussions, and teachers can finally teach,\u201d Hochul told reporters Monday while discussing the responses. \u201cWe have finally kids talking to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n Hochul was one of the leading proponents of the measure, which affected the nearly 1 million K-12 kids in the state\u2019s public and charter schools by requiring them to place their phones in monitored bins, lockers or secured bags at the start of each school day.<\/p>\n