Friday, 3 July 2026 — Why technology alone won’t fix education
Paolo Crepet highlights that simply saying no to AI or social networks won’t solve education’s challenges. We need to restore time and space for young people to develop critical thinking skills, which is where schools and families must step up.
The regulator is warning against treating AI-generated work as a replacement for human effort. This means more scrutiny on coursework to ensure authenticity, a reminder that human judgement still matters in assessment.
Over 217,000 visits in just two days to a new open platform for medical semester prep confirms students are keen to access quality resources. This highlights how digital tools can scale support effectively, if done right.
Anthropic is offering new ways to deploy its Claude AI desktop app with better controls and cloud integrations. This signals growing enterprise uptake of AI tools that schools might soon consider for teaching or admin.
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I wrote this one to cut through the hype and focus on what AI really means for schools. It’s a reminder that tech only works when it supports good teaching and doesn’t try to replace it.
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