Chinese tech firms freeze AI tools in crackdown on exam cheats
Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universities
UK government looking at social media ‘app caps’ for children, minister suggests
Peter Kyle, understood to be considering two-hour curfews, says he wants to foster healthy relationships with tech
Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and takes leap into AI
Country at top of education charts aims to equip students and teachers with ‘world-class artificial intelligence skills’
‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?
It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?
Trump officials halt billions in fresh Harvard grants unless university bows to demands – as it happened
Education secretary Linda McMahon informs university president Alan Garber of news in deeply partisan letter
Greyscale and prune your algorithm: ‘digital nutritionist’ offers advice on cutting down screen time
Kaitlyn Regehr says parents worrying about their children need first to look at their own usage
UK’s top universities received £2.8m worth of funding from Meta last year
Campaigners urged universities to be more cautious in their engagement with Facebook’s owner
Finland restricts use of mobile phones during school day
Nordic country is latest to act amid evidence of impact on young people, including attention and self-esteem
Parents must make tough choices on smartphones, says children’s commissioner for England
Dame Rachel de Souza says parents should look to their own smartphone use and not try to be their children’s friend
Barking at female staff and blocking doorways: teachers warn of rise in misogyny and racism in UK schools
Survey finds social media main cause of poor behaviour, with pupils mimicking Donald Trump and Andrew Tate
Friday briefing: Has the campaign to get smartphones out of schools reached a tipping point?
In today’s newsletter: Momentum is growing for stricter smartphone rules for children, as schools, parents, and the Children’s Commissioner push for bans amid rising concerns
France to tighten mobile phone ban in middle schools
Pupils to be separated from devices for entire school day from September after trial of ‘digital pause’ scheme
More than 90% of schools in England ban mobile phone use, survey shows
Head of National Education Union calls for statutory ban on phones in schools and social media ban for under-16s
‘Peering into the eyes of the past’: reconstruction reveals face of woman who lived before Trojan war
Digital technology reveals ‘incredibly modern’ royal who lived 3,500 years ago in kingdom associated with Helen of Troy
Bridget Phillipson eyes AI’s potential to free up teachers’ time
Exclusive: education secretary exploring tools to compile student reports and assess writing and vocational skills