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Students are turning to AI for emotional support — on safeguarding, student wellbeing, and the conversations schools are not having
AI in Education

AI Is Not Just a Classroom Tool. For Many Students, It Has Become the Place They Go When They Have Nowhere Else to Turn.

While schools focus on academic integrity, students are turning to AI for emotional support, relationship advice, and mental health conversations. The research is clear. Most schools have no idea what to do about it.

Alex Gray
#AI in Education#Student Voice#Student Agency
Why the first page of your AI policy might be the only one that matters — on cognitive load, teacher ownership, and policy that actually changes practice
AI in Education

Why the First Page of Your AI Policy Might Be the Only One That Matters

Most schools now have an AI policy. Very few schools have teachers who have read it. The problem is not the people. It is the design. Here is what one educator did differently.

Alex Gray
#AI in Education#AI Policy#AI Readiness
Students already know when you've used AI to plan their lesson — on transparency, trust, and the student-teacher relationship
AI in Education

Students Already Know When You've Used AI to Plan Their Lesson. And They Resent It.

We have spent two years asking what AI can do for teachers. We forgot to ask the students. What they told us challenges the assumptions most schools are working from.

Alex Gray
#AI in Education#Student Voice#Student Agency
Three AI Education Conversations You Need to Hear This Week
AI in Education

Three AI Education Conversations You Need to Hear This Week

Concrete, honest conversations about AI in education. Al Kingsley on assessment and equity, Tom Raithby on building Chalkd with no coding background, and Matthew Wemyss on what school leaders are missing about student AI use.

Alex Gray
#AI in Education#Podcast#School Leadership
Illustration comparing a stack of EdTech subscription logos against a single API key, representing the shift from wrapper products to direct AI access in schools
Educational Technology

Why Smart Schools Are Ditching EdTech Subscriptions and Buying an API Key Instead

Every AI EdTech product is a wrapper around the same foundation models. Forward-thinking schools are cutting the middleman and building bespoke tools with direct API access.

Alex Gray
#AI in Education#EdTech#API
Teacher AI Competency vs. Student AI Literacy — What Comes First?
Professional Development

Teacher AI Competency vs. Student AI Literacy: What Comes First?

Schools are under pressure to develop student AI literacy, but the evidence from educational research and every major international framework is clear: teacher AI competency must come first. This article sets out why that sequencing matters and how to build it properly.

Alex Gray
#AI in Education#Teacher CPD#AI Literacy

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