Ecological grief is growing — and our current approach to climate change education isn’t keeping pace. There has been a surge in climate emotion research globally, documenting widespread experiences of fear, grief, anxiety and hopelessness. New findings suggest the way we approach climate change education may be harming young people rather than helping them to […] … learn more→
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How 39 young people experience climate education in a rapidly changing world
The new leap of disinformation: ‘dead internet’, pseudo-media and false copyright claims
There was once a world where talking about misinformation meant being about people who were poorly informed. And that wasn’t so long ago… Today, that definition has become outdated, and is now the second meaning, according to the RAE , behind the one that has taken the main role: action and effect of giving intentionally […] … learn more→
School in the age of competitive individualism? Behind the rhetoric of excellence, the meritocratic illusion
THE ESSENTIALS Fifty years ago, sociologists Pierre Bourdieu and Jean-Claude Passeron denounced the meritocratic illusion of school. These social and achievement inequalities persist, as highlighted by school assessments. Behind the promotion of excellence, we continue to transform socially inherited skills into academic judgments. The promise that schools make to the nearly 12 million students who […] … learn more→
Using AI without understanding it: what are the consequences for students?
Imagine a student in the library preparing an assignment. She asks ChatGPT to explain a concept and receives, in seconds, a clear, organized, and convincing response. She believes she has found a reliable explanation. However, the fluency with which it is written does not guarantee its accuracy. Does the student know how that response was […] … learn more→
If robots don’t have a gender, why do they continue to perpetuate stereotypes?
Social robots are machines with physical bodies, designed to interact and communicate with people. These bodies are genderless. Even so, the images we see in the press continue to perpetuate gender stereotypes . In a recent study, we analyzed nearly 400 digital news articles retrieved through searches conducted in seven Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, […] … learn more→
Why the ugly history of IQ testing matters for AI and education
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has recently been discussing “artificial general intelligence” that matches or surpasses human capabilities. This is from the same person who has said children born today (including his own) will “never be more intelligent than AI, from a ‘raw IQ’” (intelligence quotient) perspective. United States President Donald Trump has also recently mused […] … learn more→
The lightbulb test
I’ve got a soft spot for academic writing jokes. Here’s one. How many academics does it take to change a lightbulb? The hedger: “This paper tentatively suggests that, within the limits of a small-scale study, one academic may possibly contribute to what might be understood as a change in the lightbulb, although further research is needed.” […] … learn more→
Read carefully! A practical guide to recognizing if a book has been translated with AI.
A few months ago, a bestselling American book arrived in Spanish bookstores after an astonishingly quick translation and revision process. Soon after, controversy erupted among the reading community. TikTok was flooded with videos of readers pointing out odd phrases, typos, and passages that simply didn’t sound like Spanish. The debate was clear: who was behind […] … learn more→
Do you think teachers are similar to coaches, pastors or something else? It depends on where you live
Three answers, three countries, one open-ended question: “Teaching is similar to what other occupation or activity?” We asked this question to more than 3,000 people across the United States, England and Australia between May 2025 and March 2026. Coaching was the front-runner across all three countries. But the similarities partially diverged there. Respondents in England […] … learn more→
Companies may be held liable when AI harms their clients and customers
Artificial intelligence has moved quickly from a novelty on the job to a common workplace tool. Gallup found that 52% of U.S. employees and 68% of professional services workers were using AI by February 2026. Thomson Reuters similarly found in spring 2026 that 74% of professionals use AI several times a week for work. This […] … learn more→
