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Episode: Nordic nations turn back the clock with school smartphone bans
Description: Perhaps some of the most digitized countries on Earth, Scandinavian and Nordic nations are now going old-school—introducing nationwide bans on mobile devices, including smartphones, in schools. In Denmark, the country’s government hopes to introduce a ban on smartphones in public schools starting August next year.
Trongårdsskolen in Kongens Lyngby, 12 kilometers north of Copenhagen, is a mobile-free school. Two years ago, teachers at the Danish high school, which educates around 700 children aged between 9 and 16, put forward a motion to parents and school officials.
Teacher Bent Povlsen, 64, says things were getting out of hand—from constant interruptions in classes to “zom...