Education technology | Schools Week https://schoolsweek.co.uk Education News, Policy & School Leadership Insight Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:46:28 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://schoolsweek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/SW-dot-logo-54x54.png Education technology | Schools Week https://schoolsweek.co.uk 32 32 £2.5m fund to study how AI tools are affecting learning https://schoolsweek.co.uk/2-5m-fund-to-study-how-ai-tools-are-affecting-learning/ https://schoolsweek.co.uk/2-5m-fund-to-study-how-ai-tools-are-affecting-learning/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:00:59 +0000 https://schoolsweek.co.uk/?p=247536

Researchers will investigate whether pupils are now ‘offloading’ thinking tasks

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But leaders urged to be 'cautious' with pupil data and not to let AI draft statutory documents like EHCPs

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The new technology is already used extensively in the classroom but, warns a union, is no 'magic bullet'

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