Swedish government announced that the country’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
@nixCraft I feel like this is an over correction. The way to go is kinda in the middle - I think.
@agowa338 @nixCraft I feel like this is actually a pretty decent middle ground? Nobody is stopping them from using technology outside of school, they're just having dedicated time to learn how to do things without it during the day.

@salkeld @nixCraft

Well I wouldn't be able to type with 10 fingers if it wasn't for school forcing us to learn it. And in hindsight I'm kinda thankful for that.

And I'm sure a lot of people in class benefitted from all of these "search stuff on the internet for your presentation" with being guided to source validate and double check stuff to teach critical thinking and media competency.

Also we did 3d CAD design and entry level programming in school too, so...

@agowa338
Their is still things to search on the internet, excluding slop?
@salkeld @nixCraft