Is it fair that a new textbook requires far more approval than using AI tools in the classroom?

information and knowledge while prioritising socio-emotional learning and skills.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when digital technology became the primary medium for education, we witnessed the suffering of many students both academically, mentally, and socially.

The internet and laptops were not immediately welcomed into schools upon their invention. We discovered productive ways to integrate them, but it was not an overnight process.

Investment in schools and in teachers is the only way to solve the problem that today, at the dawn of the AI Era, more than 750 million people still cannot read or write an SMS. 

Evidence shows that good schools and teachers can resolve this persistent educational challenge — yet, the world continues to underfund them.

Over the course of my career, I have witnessed at least four digital revolutions: the advent and proliferation of personal computers; the expansion of the internet and search; the rise of social media; and the growing ubiquity of mobile computing and connectivity.