The ongoing digital transformation is forcing changes both in society and education. This qualitative study identifies the challenges faced by school leaders in Poland in the context of the development of students’ digital competences.

The UCL study also found physically punished children were more likely to struggle in school. Children smacked by their parents struggle to get good exam results and are more likely to bully others, causing a negative impact on society, according to new research calling for smacking to be banned.

Not outlawing smacking is a ‘huge missed opportunity and deeply disappointing’, according to researchers

Generative AI tools are having a notable influence on the nature of engagement with information and decision making across society. Our scoping literature review, covering the 2010–2024 timespan, explores the intersection of educational leadership, policy and AI and examines how these have been investigated in relation to compulsory school settings.

Paul Thomas taught in South Carolina public high schools for many years, then became a professor of education at Furman University. He is an articulate critic of the decades-old “crisis in education".