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The OECD's Digital Education Outlook 2026 revealed an uncomfortable truth: students using AI produced better assignments, but scored up to 17% lower on follow-up tests without AI. When a tool does the thinking, real learning disappears.
READ MOREAs of 2026, 42 U.S. states and Washington D.C. have passed laws or implemented policies mandating evidence-based reading instruction. The decades-long 'reading wars' are reaching a verdict. Georgia just invested $70 million to place literacy coaches in over 1,300 schools.
READ MOREThe US Department of Education has reached consensus on its most sweeping higher education accountability reform in decades. Every college programme will now be evaluated against graduates' earnings data. Programmes that produce median earnings below the high school graduate wage could lose eligibility for federal student loans. At the same time, the same Department is investing $169 million in AI education. Cuts and investment are happening simultaneously β and the paradox reveals a great deal about where American higher education is heading.
READ MOREThe Netherlands went all-in on a national school smartphone ban in January 2024. Two years later, 75% of schools report improved concentration. But new research warns that total bans are not a silver bullet β and may even backfire.
READ MORESouth Korea's high school credit system went fully nationwide starting with the 2025 freshman class. The government invested 15.7 billion won and relaxed requirements, but rural school inequality and teacher readiness remain real challenges.
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