School phone ban in NYC is exposing a major skill gap

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

It took a phone ban for some teachers to realize kids don’t know how to read a clock.

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 ...
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NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks

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

Pro Football Focus gives Bears QB Caleb Williams rare plus-2.0 grade for touchdown pass to beat Packers

Pro Football Focus gave Williams’ throw a rare plus-2.0 grade, the only pass in the league to earn that mark this season. Sports Newsletter All of the Chicago sports stories making news as they break, ...