Under state law, schools must implement cellphone bans this fall. Gov. Kathy Hochul said it will improve student learning but noted there will be a ‘detoxing period.’

Lauren Brady, a winner of the Math for America’s 2025 Muller Award, helped turn around Park East High School’s math program by focusing on small group instruction.

Derlis Snaider Chusin Toaquiza was completing his junior year at Grover Cleveland High School in Queens when ICE agents detained him last month.