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New York’s school phone ban accidentally created a teen social revival

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 19, 2025
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When New York State banned phones in public schools bell-to-bell this September, Governor Hochul pitched it as a way to improve classroom focus. What nobody expected was the lunchroom renaissance.

According to New York Magazine, teachers across the city are watching scenes that look lifted from a John Hughes film. Dominoes tourna…

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