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IB chief Olli-Pekka Heinonen says governments around the world recognise that we must do more to protect young people from technological harms – and schools can help

The judicial review will look into legal challenges to the formation of Oak National Academy as an arm’s-length body of the Department for Education

Government also says that Oak National Academy’s creation as an arm’s-length body has added a ‘degree of risk and uncertainty’ to domestic edtech market

Young people are turning to AI for comfort and reassurance – and this poses some major safeguarding risks that schools need to guard against, says this academic

Artificial intelligence poses a threat to cognitive development, warns this history lead, who explains the steps his international school has taken to stop students using it for their work

If big firms are falling foul of hackers, it’s clear trusts and schools need to think carefully about the risk they face too, says this IT director

English teacher Jack Dempsey says nothing beats marking work that shows a student riding the brainwave of an idea

Oak’s interim CEO outlines why AI must be used within the context of three core pillars of learning – but, if used correctly, can have huge benefits

Despite tight budgets, a trust leader says spending £33,000 across each school on everything from new PCs to 3D printers and CAD software is a long-term investment

An international school leader explains why using existing documents and a willingness to experiment can turn static information into a dynamic tool

In ‘The Anxious Generation’, Haidt makes the case that social media and smartphones have ‘rewired’ today’s teenagers, but his critics say the evidence tells us something very different – and that banning phones won’t bring the salvation he promises

Digital threats seem to be everywhere – yet the digital part of children’s identities cannot be removed when they step inside a school, says Professor David Lundie