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.

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@nixCraft I think taking away the emergency communication devices from all schoolchildren is probably bad, actually.
@DL_Draco_Rex
only if you are in the US.
Adults will remain in possession of their communication devices.
@nixCraft
@pixie @DL_Draco_Rex @nixCraft Mass shootings aren't the only reason children need to have access to a communication device and recording device. There is also bullying (by other kids and by adults) and the adults cannot be trusted to handle that responsibly.
@dalias @pixie @DL_Draco_Rex @nixCraft It sure would've done wonders for me.

At that time though any such devices were the domain of idle rich.

@lispi314 @DL_Draco_Rex @nixCraft @pixie When I was a kid in school, having a real computer with networking in my pocket was literally my dream. I carried a series of Casio and HP programmable graphing calculators as the closest thing.

I am absolutely sure that there are kids just like that now, and it hurts me viscerally when well-meaning people want to take that away from them just because capitalists behave like shit, rather than wanting to smash capitalism.