Syracuse, N.Y. — Back to school this year is coming with a major reality check: New York is banning smart phones in schools. <\/p>\n
The ban extends to anything with Internet access (other than a school-issued Chrome Book). That means no watches or personal lap tops or ear buds, school officials say. <\/p>\n
The ban lasts all day, from bell to bell. That means no TikTok at lunch or Instagram during study hall. That means no listening to music during class.<\/p>\n
How will that work IRL? Students depend on constant connection to reach friends and parents. They listen to music in class. They even use phones to learn.<\/p>\n
School districts had to tell the state by Aug. 1 about how they plan to enforce the ban.<\/p>\n
We want to hear from students, parents and teachers: How will this change your everyday life in the classroom, the hallways and at practice? <\/p>\n
What are the problems and challenges of the ban? What adjustments is your school asking you to make? And will they work?<\/p>\n
Please share your concerns and experiences with us. You can fill out this short survey<\/a> or answer in the box below. Or you can email Elizabeth Doran<\/a> directly. <\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Syracuse, N.Y. — Back to school this year is coming with a major reality check: New York is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[166,74],"class_list":["post-75137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-gadgets","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}