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Digital Strategy & AI

What AI Cannot Replace in Teaching, and Why It Matters for School Leaders

AI can explain, summarise, quiz, and generate at remarkable speed. But the most important parts of teaching were never just about information transfer. They are the relationships, judgement, encouragement, challenge,…

José Picardo4 May, 2026

Digital Strategy & AI

The Return of the Specialist: What AI Means for Teaching Expertise

For years, schools have worried that technology might dilute the importance of subject expertise. AI may end up doing the opposite. As generic information becomes cheap and instantly available, the…

José Picardo27 March, 2026

Digital Strategy & AI

Haunted by the Future: Black Mirrors and Bright Hopes for AI in Schools

The conversation about AI in schools tends to swing between utopia and dystopia. Most of the future will be neither. Four short vignettes here, written through the eyes of a…

José Picardo8 September, 2025

Digital Strategy & AI

AI, Coding, and the Myth of Future-Proof Education

Education fads dressed up as future-proofing tend to narrow horizons rather than widen them. Coding-for-all was one. AI-for-all looks like another. Preparing children for the future usually means doing the…

José Picardo24 June, 2025

Digital Strategy & AI

The Fire We’ve Lit

Every major technological leap has brought upheaval as well as progress. The shared reality that holds a society together is easier to break than to build. Generative AI is the…

José Picardo23 June, 2025

Digital Strategy & AI

The Wars We Don’t See Coming

Schools are good at preparing for the threats they can see. They are less good at preparing for the ones they cannot. Five emerging challenges, from AI disruption to the…

José Picardo18 June, 2025