{"id":342985,"date":"2026-09-10T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342985\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:56:11","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-back-to-school-nyc-students-return-under-new-ai-and-screen-time-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/342985\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Back To School Nyc Students Return Under New Ai And Screen Time Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Thousands of New York City public school students returned to class Thursday for the start of a new school year.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Parents and students gathered outside schools across the city, including P.S. 68 in the Baychester section of The Bronx, to kick off the academic year.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Mayor Zohran Mamdani called the first day of school &#8220;a new kind of stress&#8221; for families, driven by excitement and new beginnings.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Many parents said they are looking forward to seeing their children learn new skills, make new friends and connect with their communities.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">One of the biggest changes this school year is the district&#8217;s new policy restricting the use of artificial intelligence in classrooms.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The policy includes a one-year ban on AI for students in grades 2K through eighth grade.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The district is also encouraging limits on screen time, with students in grades three through five capped at 30 minutes a day and middle school students limited to 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Many parents welcomed the changes, saying young students should learn foundational skills before relying on AI technology.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Students with disabilities and English language learners will continue to have access to assistive technologies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of New York City public school students returned to class Thursday for the start of a new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,56,63,65,64],"class_list":["post-342985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}