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

Some New York City schools banned phones to improve focus, but the move revealed a new issue. Many students have forgotten ...

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

Time got away from them! New York City teachers have found that scores of teenagers can’t read traditional clocks after a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

If you can read a traditional analog clock then congratulations, you’re smarter than artificial intelligence. AI is proving to be good at a lot of things, but reading an old-fashioned clock is not one ...

Analog clocks are a dying breed. Digital clocks have been around for a long time, but the proliferation of smartphones and smartwatches from major manufacturers means that people have become ...

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