The Netherlands went all-in on a national school smartphone ban in January 2024. Two years later, 75% of schools report improved concentration. But new research warns that total bans are not a silver bullet β and may even backfire.
20% of European school-age children experience mental health problems during their school years. Half develop symptoms before age 14. The EU has issued new guidelines β but the crisis inside classrooms is deepening.
In September 2025, Estonia launched the AI Leap program, providing free AI learning tools to 20,000 high school students and 3,000 teachers nationwide. While Korea's AI digital textbook experiment has struggled, this small European country is quietly leading the way.