Mobile phones and other devices to be banned from Dutch classrooms

https://lemmy.world/post/1047526

Mobile phones and other devices to be banned from Dutch classrooms - Lemmy.world

Education ministry in the Netherlands says tech is a distraction from learning and will only be allowed if specifically needed

Mobile phones are a disturbance, scientific research shows. We need to protect students against this.

Wish the Guardian would have looked into this at all, researched a bit to see if the data backs this up. I couldn't find much conclusive evidence of a significant impact. For example,

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/202101/cell-phones-harm-classroom-performance-bit

Cell Phones Harm Classroom Performance... a Bit

A new study suggests using cell phones in class is bad, but not horrible.

Psychology Today