From a Fact to a Five-Minute Learning Loop
A practical classroom routine for helping learners retrieve, explain, check and apply one idea, with an ocean-colour example.
Helping People Learn and Lead in the Age of AI
AI Bans in Schools: Why Switching AI Off Is Only Step One
Google is switching AI off by default for pupils, Seattle is blocking it and more districts are drafting bans by age. A pause gives schools time, but only if it comes with staff training, AI literacy teaching and protected access for pupils who need it.
ESL Lesson Plans for More Effective English Classes
Good English lessons need more than a collection of…
AI and Writing: Better Texts, but Do Pupils Learn to Write?
A new systematic review and a small experiment suggest pupils produce better texts with AI. No study has yet tested whether they write any better alone, so teachers should protect the thinking that makes writing worth teaching.
Why Very Small Schools Need Different EdTech, Not Smaller Versions of Enterprise Systems
By Nathan Kragness Running a small school changes the…
AI Tutoring: Why Pupils Rarely Ask the Tutor for Help
New trials of AI tutors in American and Chinese schools, and an Education Endowment Foundation trial in England, show modest gains. The tutors can help, but pupils rarely ask them to unless the lesson gives them a reason.
AI and Data Protection: What Schools Should Ask Before Signing Up
The government plans a certified list of safe AI tools for schools, but a regulator's audit found edtech suppliers reusing pupils' data, sometimes to train AI. Here are the questions to ask before any AI tool meets a pupil.
AI Marking: Fast Feedback Works, but Pupils Want a Human Reader
AI can now judge pupils' writing almost as consistently as teachers and return feedback in seconds. New research, an English department case study and Ofqual's rules show where the time saved should go.
AI Chatbots and Safeguarding: Why Teen Mode Is Not Enough
Independent tests of ChatGPT's teen mode found parent alerts that never fired and missed crisis referrals. Here is what new safeguarding guidance expects and what schools can do this half term.
AI and Homework: Why Better Scores Can Mean Less Learning
When pupils use AI on homework, the homework improves and the learning gets worse. Two new studies and a warning from Ofqual explain why, and what teachers can change this half term.
The Simple Explanation Is the Hard One: Founders, Educators, and the Complexity Trap
Image credit Ask a founder to explain their product…
The Hidden Work Behind Lesson Presentations: What Teachers Really Spend Their Time On
Decksy surveyed 1,036 current full-time and part-time teachers in…
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