New York and New Jersey governors want to ban cellphones in schools

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy both want schools in their respective states to ban cellphones in classrooms.  

This comes after former President Biden’s Surgeon General advocated warning labels to alert young people of the dangers social media poses to their mental health. Schools across the country, including California, have already begun implementing cell phone bans in their classrooms.  

Jayden Stuckey, a senior at Central High School in New Jersey's largest city, Newark, Newark Public Schools superintendent Roger Leon, and Dr. Stephanie Marcello, the chief psychologist at Rutgers University Behavioral Healthcare, talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson more about cellphone use in schools.