New York Governor Kathy Hochul has considered a statewide ban on smart devices in schools, but many parents, students, and teachers have a more nuanced view.

This story originally appeared on The 19th. Sign up for their daily newsletter. Not a school day goes by without Anthony Colla seeing a student on a phone in class. The sight is so frequent that the language and literature teacher at Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High in Los Angeles deliberates carefully before asking kids to

As regulations on children’s smartphone use begin to sweep schools across the nation, some parents are unhappy with the impact