I think that defied expectations. People thought there'd be more opposition and pushback. It went very well. 83% said they can tell there's a more positive learning environment, and 75% said that the educational outcomes are improving [since the cell phone ban]. That's all just since September. So you combine feeding our kids properly, taking the cell phones out, and they focus. This is a recipe for kids succeeding and outperforming way it had been in the past in New York. (22:22–22:31)
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