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News and features
Education News: Australia’s curriculum debate — what would actually change in the classroom?
Section: Education NewsAustralia’s opposition proposes changing cross-curriculum priorities. An accessible AE analysis asks whose knowledge is recognised and what would help teachers.
UK Policy and Politics: Who can govern the infrastructure public services depend on?
Section: UK Policy and PoliticsCloud storage is also a question of public power. Plain-language examples explain who can inspect records, require corrections and change essential services.
AI News: When a test crosses into the real world
Section: AI NewsWhat keeps an AI action within the permission it was given? A document-checking example explains tools, access, human approval and practical accountability.
Education News: After the PISA headlines, what would help students learn?
Section: Education NewsWhat does PISA measure, and how can its results help a real classroom? A plain-language guide to turning assessment into support for teachers and students.
Research and reviews
When AI helps with the answer, who gets the practice?
A new experiment asks whether feedback about AI use can protect opportunities to practise. An EdgeLab review considers its promising immediate results, statistical uncertainty and implications for learning.
Can AI produce better research ideas? What happens after the brainstorm matters
AI can suggest novel research ideas. An EdgeLab review asks what happens when those ideas meet criticism, implementation and evidence.
What makes AI ethical? Reading Larry Medsker’s AI and Ethics Handbook
A preliminary review of Larry Medsker’s AI and Ethics Handbook, exploring critical AI literacy, governance and social justice through an autopoietic ecology perspective.
From living processes to practical change: reading Dowie and Tempone-Wiltshire through AE
A critical review of Dowie and Tempone-Wiltshire on process philosophy and complexity, exploring feedback, autopoiesis and what AE can contribute.
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