Swedish government announced that the countryโ€™s schools would be going back to basics, emphasizing skills such as reading and writing, particularly in early grades. After mostly being sidelined, physical books are now being reintroduced into classrooms, and students are learning to write the old-fashioned way: by hand, with a pencil or pen, on sheets of paper. The Swedish government also plans to make schools cellphone-free throughout the country https://undark.org/2026/04/01/sweden-schools-books/
Why Swedish Schools Are Bringing Back Books

Amid declining test scores, the country has pivoted away from screens and invested in back-to-basics school materials.

Undark Magazine
In the age of stupid LLMs and social media like TikTok or Insta this move is very important to teach kids fundamentals that can last longer than any tech bro's bullshit apps ever will. Well done, Swedish government.
@nixCraft Yeah, social media is a failed experiment. Time to move on. The nordic countries are way ahead of the curve. As usual ๐Ÿ‘

@rasterinterrupt @nixCraft As he posts on social media to say... ๐Ÿ™„

Edit: Ok, I shoud revise that. Even though it usually isn't, "social media" should really be thought of as a separate, bad thing versus "social networking", which is what we have here. The switch in term was very deliberate by the industry that wanted to frame it as something of value to publishers/advertisers rather than something of value to its participants.

@dalias @nixCraft When we talk about "Social Media" I mean the algorithmic driven shareholder value maximizing corporate anti social networks. I have no problem with Mastodon. ๐Ÿ™‚