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.
AI Pilot in Schools: What Connecticut Teachers Learned
Connecticut's state-funded AI pilot in schools surveyed 735 students and 58 teachers. The tools they trusted were built by teachers, and peer time mattered most.
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 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.
The Ethical Implications of AI in Education: Beneficial Tool or Privacy Nightmare?
Explore the benefits and privacy concerns of using AI in classrooms.
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 Retrieval Practice: Why Learning Scientists Say Use AI in the Middle
Thirty learning experts rated how AI affects 65 learning processes. Their verdict: AI retrieval practice and feedback can help, but first learning, writing and critical thinking are at risk.
AI and Teacher Workload: Why the Hours Are Not Falling
Picture a Year 6 teacher on a Sunday evening.…
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 Literacy in Schools: What Pupils Need to Learn Now
Imagine a Year 9 pupil who asks an artificial…
AI Chatbots and Psychological Safety: Creating Supportive Spaces for Learning
Beyond the well-known benefits of AI Chatbots in tailoring…
Flipped Learning – Radically Reshaping the Classroom
Flipped learning is a pedagogical model in which the…
