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This is the best summary I could come up with:
From next month, secondary school pupils in the Netherlands will no longer be able to use their phones in the classroom.
The ban, which comes into force January 2024, will not only prohibit mobile phones, but also iPads, smartwatches and similar devices.
The government, which announced the change back in July, cites distracted pupils and low educational performance as reasons for the ban.
Aside from the government decision, some schools had already independently imposed rules for pupils to put their phones in lockers for the duration of the school day.
Other countries are proposing similar legislation.
The incoming ban in the Netherlands comes at the same time as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has proposed banning social media for under 16s.
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Uh-huh, because banning shit works so well.
Look no further than Prohibition, or the War on Drugs.
Yeah, that's very different. This is banning phones in the classroom, because they're a distraction. It's like banning phones in the movie theater. There are plenty of good places to have reasonable bans.
My kid is in middle school and her school is the same way. Lockers only for emergency.
Neither of those were enforceable. Taking their phones while in class definitely is.
I can remember when they banned not wearing your seatbelt when in an automobile. Not just the driver, but everyone. You weren't even allowed to be in the car if there weren't enough seatbelts. I think that ban went pretty well.