According to Newsday, the NYC Department of Education is looking to "ease" its tough ban on cell phones in schools. Over the summer, there will be a review of the ban, with an eye toward lifting the ban for the next school year.

Currently, cell phones are banned in all city schools -- "meaning students not only are prohibited from using them inside campuses, they're not allowed to carry them in the buildings." Parents and other community members have been putting pressure on New York City to lift the ban for safety reasons, "arguing that they'd need to communicate with their children in the event of another terrorist attack or unforeseen catastrophe..."