School dinner payment app criticised for £10 refund fee

After pulling out of the market Squid is charging parents who want to withdraw their remaining funds

Banning us from social media is ‘neither practical nor effective’, UK teenagers say

UK youth parliament concludes tech firms should do more to protect users from violent and inappropriate content

The Guardian view on social networks: the friendships that can change your life

Editorial: Whether forged in neighbourhoods, clubs or universities, cross-class links can boost social mobility and break down divides

Labour to scrutinise school smartphone bans as pressure grows over impact on teenagers

Exclusive: TV drama Adolescence adds to pressure from MPs for action to tackle impact of social media

Madrid plans to limit computer and tablet use in primary schools to two hours a week

Teachers will be banned from setting homework involving screens in effort to tackle ‘risks’ of intensive use of IT at young age

I’m a recent Stem grad. Here’s why the right is winning us over

Corporations started wooing my friends as soon as college began. It’s time for the left to reimagine its relationship with tech

Social media platforms must be ‘brought to heel’, says UK schools leader

Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reported

The making of Elon Musk: how did his childhood in apartheid South Africa shape him?

The billionaire and now Trump adviser grew up amid the collapse of white rule, attending an all-white school and then a more liberal one

The English schools looking to dispel ‘doom and gloom’ around AI

AI is being used to recreate Charles Darwin talking about evolution and to reimagine Luton as a car – and teachers report students are more engaged

Rest of Europe should follow Denmark’s lead in banning phones in schools, says expert

Chair of Danish wellbeing commission says whole continent should halt digitalisation of children’s lives

Archive of the Future review – mesmerising safari through Vienna’s natural history museum

Joerg Burger’s film, as immersive as a museum visit, lovingly embraces the meticulous labours of the curators and touches on key current questions for the sector

Parents and teachers: how are you introducing AI to younger children?

We’d like to hear from parents and teachers who’re introducing AI to younger children and find out how they’re instructing them how to use it

UK universities warned to ‘stress-test’ assessments as 92% of students use AI

Survey of 1,000 students shows ‘explosive increase’ in use of generative AI in particular over past 12 months

Denmark to ban mobile phones in schools and after-school clubs

Government accepts advice of commission that also says children under 13 should not have their own smartphone

Beasts unburdened: film course aims to rehabilitate donkeys’ reputation

Portrayals of animal as melancholic and unintelligent are incorrect, say leads of University of Exeter module