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University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children
It was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play centre about her family, her drawing of a heart to represent them and what makes her happy. She even offered a couple of kisses to the £80 toy with a face like a computer screen.
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A union says schools should practise emergency responses as they do with routine fire drills.
Rudeness, social media posts and AI-generated complaints among issues harming staff wellbeing, union survey finds
Teachers are used to outbreaks of rudeness and defiance from their pupils, but are now saying parents are some of the worst offenders and affecting staff mental health, according to a headteachers’ union.
More than 90% of headteachers and other senior leaders said they had been on...
As a historian and diplomat, he gave intellectual shape to his people and made sure that they played a role in negotiating their future.
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Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and Roblox are among the platforms UK regulators say aren’t putting children’s safety at the heart of their products.
The award, one of the most prestigious in the field of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.”
New York City will start offering free child care for 2-year-olds this fall. A question for the Mamdani administration is whether it will be available past 2:30 p.m.
A panel found that geography teacher Roger Towersey’s behaviour was “clearly unprofessional”.
The college said checks found more than 20 GCSE English tests had been marked wrong.
Influential Treasury committee chair Meg Hillier says review follows growing concern over graduate debt
UK firms struggling to hire young people amid cost pressures, MPs told
Young adults in the UK face a “perfect storm” of economic challenges, the head of the influential Treasury select committee has warned as it launches an inquiry into student loans.
The cross-party committee’s...
The Treasury Committee will look at whether “the goalposts [have] been moved in a way which is unfair”.
Turning Point USA, the right-wing campus group, is partnering with Arkansas and Indiana, the latest of several states to have similar arrangements.
Plus, the growing demand for higher education to prove its value.
The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they’re not using racial preferences in admissions.
The historic images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.
The high schoolers fighting back against tech use.
Plus, iPads in kindergarten.
New York’s dentists are aging, and a “retirement cliff” has left a shortage of people in the job.
Troy Closson, who reports on education at The Times, discusses how he covers the largest school system in the country.
Through his lawyers, Alberto Carvalho, who was put on leave after the F.B.I. raided his home and office, said that his actions were appropriate but that he would respect the investigative process.