A new year-long study of 4,062 secondary pupils in Germany finds that using AI to get tasks done is linked to lower effort, using it to learn is linked to more, and lower-attaining pupils use it most. Here is how to teach the difference.
A practical classroom routine for helping learners retrieve, explain, check and apply one idea, with an ocean-colour example.
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.
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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.
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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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