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- Schools in England sidelining dressing-up for World Book Day, MPs hear March 3, 2026Literacy experts say move comes over cost concerns and fears costumes can detract from reading for pleasureSchools in England are moving away from pupils dressing up as their favourite literary characters for World Book Day, with experts telling MPs they feared the cost of costumes undermined efforts to increase reading for pleasure.Jonathan Douglas, the chief […]Richard Adams Education editor
- Telegraph censured for story of fictional familyâs struggle to pay school fees March 3, 2026Watchdog upholds complaint it breached code with article about impact of VAT on banker who did not existThe Telegraph has been reprimanded by a press standards watchdog after it published an entirely fabricated story about a wealthy banker complaining of the impact of school fee increases.Ian Fraser, a freelance journalist and author, complained to the […]Jamie Grierson
- Schools are using AI counselors to track studentsâ mental health. Is it safe? March 3, 2026As hundreds of schools implement an automated monitoring tool, educators say that students can find talking to a chatbot âmore naturalâ than confiding in a human⢠Produced in partnership with EdSurgeThe alert came around 7pm.Brittani Phillips checked her phone. A middle school counselor in Putnam county, Florida, Phillips receives messages from an artificial intelligence-enabled therapy […]Daniel Mollenkamp
- Welsh ârevolutionâ required to hit target of 1m speakers by 2050, says report March 3, 2026Welsh language commissioner calls for âtransformativeâ intervention, amid Reform UK threats to undo new powersA ârevolution is requiredâ to protect the Welsh language, according to a major new report.While the number of Cymraeg speakers has remained more or less stable for decades, it has not risen in line with significant population growth, making the language […]Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent
- Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI March 3, 2026I was a newcomer, negotiating all of usual classroom difficulties for the first time. Throwing AI into the mix felt like downing a coffee in the middle of a panic attackTwo years ago, at the age of 39, I began training to be a school teacher. I wanted to teach English â to help young […]Peter C Baker
- The Guardian view on schools: Send reforms aside, the governmentâs white paper lacks focus | Editorial March 2, 2026Plans to resurrect the childrenâs services decimated by austerity are appealing. But schools also need attentionHeavily trailed reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (Send) education dominated coverage of last weekâs schools white paper. But Bridget Phillipsonâs policy of in-sourcing special provision, creating a new tier of support and making mainstream settings more inclusive, is […]Editorial
- Learn With Ms Rachel review â undoubtedly the TV event of the year for millions of us March 2, 2026The queen of childrenâs edutainment is back after four very long months, with her most extraordinary, envelope-pushing and moving special yet. Cue absolute relief for parents the world overFor those whose cultural experiences are largely absorbed through the prism of their mewling infantsâ demands for the same thing 437 times in a row, itâs been […]Archie Bland
- Worried about freedom of speech? Then whatâs happening at the Open University should terrify you | Owen Jones March 2, 2026The OU has capitulated to a pro-Israel lobby group about the use of the term âancient Palestineâ. The wider context is impossible to ignoreThe west is in the midst of the most serious assault on free speech and academic freedom since the heyday of McCarthyism seven decades ago. For years, we were told the danger […]Owen Jones
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