Teachers in New York City recently discovered their students have a difficult time reading an analog clock after a recent ...

As New York City implements a school phone ban, a surprising trend has emerged: many students struggle to read analog clocks.

Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, said this year’s ban on smartphones revealed that many ...

Just like writing cursive, it seems that reading an old-school analog clock is the sort of skill that has fallen by the wayside in our smartphone age. That lapse was revealed when NYC public schools ...

If you turn the hem over and restitch on a sewing machine, the edges will not become ragged from the elements.

They just forgot that skill because they never used it, because they always pulled out their phone,” said Cheyenne Francis, ...

NYC's cellphone ban in schools has led to the unexpected issue of students struggling to read analog clocks, as they rely heavily on digital timekeeping. Despite attempts to curb device use, students ...

People spend their hard-earned money on outdoor flags only to have the hems fray in a short time from weather. If you turn the hem over and restitch on a sewing machine, the edges will not become ...

New York City's smartphone ban in schools has been largely successful in improving student focus and social interaction, but ...

As of a June 2025 EdWeek tracker, New York is one of 21 states, as well as Washington D.C., that have banned smartphones ...

New York City teachers say the state’s recently implemented cell phone ban in schools has showed that numerous students no ...