Education

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. In fact, each reader of this article could have multiple AI apps operating on the very device displaying this piece.... Read more

Thousands of children are being unfairly punished and excluded from education activities because their families cannot afford expensive school uniforms, according to new research conducted by Dr. Matt Barnes, senior lecturer in sociology at City St George's, University of London for The Children's Society.... Read more

People stop reading in adulthood for lots of reasons. But it's never too late to turn the page on old habits and start again.... Read more

No longer a technological novelty, generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has become a common tool for everyday academic tasks among the university community. In view of this, the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) has carried out a research project to establish the extent to which GenAI-specific training can help ensure more... Read more

Science is entering a massive publishing boom, in large part due to artificial intelligence. New research published in the journal Science has revealed that scientists who use large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are producing significantly more papers across many fields. The technology is also helping to level the playing... Read more

Newly published research from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine highlights student-led work in medical education and examines how artificial intelligence (AI) can assist with qualitative research.... Read more

Early testing of schoolchildren has no impact on their educational attainment down the line. Nor do the tests have any effect on pupils' mental health or how happy they are at school.... Read more

From beginning to end, 2025 was a year of devastation for scientists in the United States.... Read more

A new study provides answers based on a survey with more than 6,000 researchers from the Max Planck Society and the Fraunhofer Society. The highlights: Researchers actively use AI, including for core and creative research tasks. The gender gap in AI use largely reflects differences in familiarity, not attitudes. Researchers... Read more

Archaeologists from the University of Copenhagen and the University of Bergen have used AI and free digital tools to create a dynamic and educational video game about the Stone Age. According to the researchers, the new technology, which does not require strong technical skills, has the potential to revolutionize the... Read more

For decades, school districts have struggled to adopt later high school start times, despite overwhelming medical evidence that early bells harm teen health. A new study in the journal Management Science demonstrates that advanced analytics can finally break the logjam, showing that healthier schedules are not only achievable but can... Read more

About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days speaking English and during term-time, home languages often take a back seat. So holidays—particularly the long summer break—offer a chance to hear and speak their heritage languages more often.... Read more

What some school boards now call the "winter break," over the days leading up to and after Christmas, is approaching.... Read more

In a new book, a team of experts in educational policy, epidemiology and public health chronicles the challenges faced by educators, public health authorities and school officials during the COVID-19 pandemic and offers a guide to some of the lessons learned as K-12 schools weathered that crisis. One key message:... Read more

Children living in substandard housing in England miss 15 more school days and achieve worse test scores in English and math than their peers living in better quality housing, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.... Read more