An öffentlichen Schulen in Texas wurden Mobiltelefone verboten. In einem Schulbezirk wurden danach bereits 200’000 Bibliotheksbücher mehr ausgeliehen (via reddit.com/r/Libraries und cbsnews.com)
“Dallas ISD officials said that, district-wide, they have seen a significant increase in library book checkouts, which they largely attribute to students no longer having cellphones with them during the school day.
“I started hearing, ‘Oh, I’m so bored. I can’t get on my phone after I do my work or during lunchtime,'” Hillcrest High School librarian Nina Canales said. “Once they lock into these stories, they don’t seem to care about their phones at all.”
From the first day of school to March 31, 2026, the district reported an increase of more than 200,000 additional books checked out compared to the previous year.”