Netherlands: Nationwide ban on phones in schools underway – DW – 09/02/2024

Kids these days can't live without their tracking device. What happens is they disable all notifications everywhere, enable do-not-disturb, mute all the sounds, etc. And whenever you need to call your teenager for dinner they'll be blissfully unaware of ever having heard their phone ring. Let the microwave fix the situation.

Even when their assignment is on a laptop, the precious handheld entertainment apparatus must be within short range.

Banning this stuff from classrooms is a good start though.

100% the American in me, but every time these bans get talked about it always feels like the true source is to remove/mitigate liability of everyone having a camera except the school(s).