Since the 2025/26 school year began, Danish schools have collected students’ phones and removed tablets and computers for most of the day, returning to printed books and writing assignments. A Copenhagen teacher told France24 that screens made concentration harder.
Cognitive neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath told Congress that Gen Z is less cognitively capable than its parents were at the same age, and attributed the decline to classroom screens introduced around 2010. Citing data from 80 countries, he said pupils who use computers for learning about five hours a day score more than two-thirds of a standard deviation below those who rarely or never use technology at school. The article provides no quantified results from Denmark’s policy.
The effort also extends beyond lessons: after-school activities are eliminating or sharply limiting electronics, and a national No Phone Day encourages people to put devices away. Physician and digital-health expert Imran Rashid is petitioning parliament to ban social media for children under 15; the article does not say the proposal has been adopted.
