{"id":343931,"date":"2026-09-11T13:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343931\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:15:10","slug":"news-12-bronx-nyc-students-head-back-to-school-with-new-ai-restrictions-and-screen-time-limits-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/343931\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Bronx | Nyc Students Head Back To School With New Ai Restrictions And Screen Time Limits"},"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":343932,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-343931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343931","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=343931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}