Sweden's conservative government has reversed course on classroom technology, pulling back from mandatory tablet use and investing millions of kronor in printed textbooks, handwriting practice, and school libraries — a policy its architects summarise as moving "from screen to binder." The shift is driven by research linking high screen time to weaker reading comprehension and poorer concentration, and comes as Sweden seeks to recover from sharp declines in its PISA scores in 2012 and again in 2022. However, the move has drawn criticism from the tech industry and groups such as Swedish Edtech Industry, who warn that students are being left unprepared for a labour market where, according to EU estimates, 90 percent of jobs will soon require digital skills — and that children from lower-income families risk being most disadvantaged by the growing "digital divide."