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- High screen time can hurt childrenâs learning and language skills, study suggests September 28, 2026Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, report saysThe effect of high screen time on children is as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, if not greater, a global study has found.Researchers examined data on more than 2.8 million children across 64 countries and concluded that […]Dan Milmo Global technology editor
- Teachers at Euan Blair firm report âhorrendous stressâ after AI used to rate their work September 28, 2026Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at âremorselessâ and âunnervingâ monitoring systemTeachers at Euan Blairâs ÂŁ1.6bn tech training company, Multiverse, have blown the whistle about âhorrendous stressâ and feeling constantly watched after bosses started using AI models to surveil and rate their teaching.Staff delivering apprenticeship training in computer and AI skills to […]Robert Booth UK technology editor
- âItâs like the Scottish Upper East Sideâ: shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classism September 27, 2026Online comments reflect class tensions at Scottish university between those from lower-income families and wealthier US undergraduatesWhen Sophie Rose Jenkins announced she would not return to St Andrews University this academic year because of her experiences of classism on campus, she did not expect much of a response. But in the two weeks since she […]Patrick Greenfield
- Schoolchildren without smartphones penalised with higher bus fares September 26, 2026Despite guidance keeping mobile phones out of Englandâs schools, cheaper travel may only be available via an appSchoolchildren who do not own smartphones face paying hundreds of pounds extra in annual bus fares as cheaper travel passes are digitised.Critics argue that by only making discounts available through an app, operators are undermining government guidance to […]Anna Tims
- âThey accepted the money but didnât take care of my childâ: what Luna Wongâs death reveals about the treatment of international students in the UK September 26, 2026When her parents waved her off to study in England they hoped it would be a fresh start the 16-year-old needed after struggling with her mental health in Hong Kong. Instead, 10 months later, she was dead. What went so wrong?As a young teen, one of Luna Wongâs favourite things to do was to walk […]Samira Shackle
- Trump administration guts data collection on US education as math and reading scores plummet September 25, 2026National Center for Education Statistics, which collects critical data to guide policy on learning, was decimated after Doge canceled crucial contractsAs reading and math scores fall to their lowest point in the past quarter-century, the US now has fewer tools to understand and develop interventions for this troubling trend.When the Trump administration took a wrecking […]Amy Qin with graphics by FlĂĄvio Pessoa
- We all know a lack of exercise is bad for our bodies. So what is relying on AI doing to our brains? | Devi Sridhar September 25, 2026I suspect nearly all of my students use AI, and I worry about its corrosive effects. We must not entrust tech companies with our long-term healthProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of EdinburghWhen I was a postgraduate student at the University of Oxford in the early 2000s, I interviewed […]Devi Sridhar
- The Guardian view on vocational GCSEs: why now? | Editorial September 24, 2026Ministersâ commitment to cutting youth unemployment is admirable, but how new qualifications will help is unclearThe first question that should be asked about plans to launch a batch of vocational GCSEs is: how will these differ from the roughly 50 similar courses that already exist? Is this primarily a rebadging exercise, aimed at boosting the […]Editorial
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