A 10-year experiment that started with Indian slum children being given access to computers has produced a new concept for education, a conference has heard. Professor Sugata Mitra first introduced ...

Artificial intelligence is now quite adept at crunching vast amounts of data and using it to draw conclusions. As a result, humans who rely solely on procedural thinking aren't as valuable as they ...

Approximately 45 US states do not require schools to teach students handwriting, but a new study suggests the skill is vital to a child's development. Following an examination of brain activity, ...

TWO companies have joined forces to improve learning for children at a Bolton charity. Bolton Children's Opportunity Group, (COG) a charity for children with learning difficulties, will provide better ...

Sunderland-based comparison site Trufl is donating 100 computers to North East schools to help disadvantaged youngsters to learn during lockdown. Boris Johnson has revealed schools will not reopen ...

Today is an important day for one Indian boy, nine-year-old Narput Singh. Children teach themselves to use technology, without even realising it Something new is arriving in his remote village of ...

Pupils who took part in an experiment at a school in Tyne and Wear improved by up to 80 per cent faster when they used a CD-Rom compared to those who relied on old-fashioned methods. Researchers at ...

School is one big game for the Pybus kids, who spend seven hours a day at home playing on consoles instead of sitting in a classroom. And their 44-year-old mum, Katie, thinks they will be better ...

Children have been getting the chance to learn about computer coding at CBBC Live in Leeds. Coding is when you give a sequence of instructions to a computer so you can make it do what you want to do.

Over the school summer holidays, many children from low-income families struggled to access the digital tools needed for continuous learning. They may lag behind their peers as a result ...