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Three years ago, more young people than ever were turning to charities for help with anxiety – and school stress was blamed as one of the root causes. In May 2018, Kat Arney set out to get to the bottom of the problem – and find out how worried we should be

In May 2017, Kat Arney found that AI has the potential to transform the way we view education, how teachers teach and how everyone in schools behaves – for better and for worse

Schools all know transition is a tricky area, but how many are getting the basics right? Kat Arney looked at the research and spoke to several schools to find out what really works

More young people than ever before are turning to children’s charities for help with anxiety. But has school really become tougher for them, is social media to blame, or can the apparent rise in student stress be dismissed as a lack of resilience in the face of good old-fashioned exam pressure? As Sats, GCSE and A-level exams near, Kat Arney investigates

Researchers are warning that the use of ‘cognitive enhancers’ – which is prevalent in higher education – is now becoming a problem in our schools. Kat Arney investigates the rising trend of students popping pills to boost their chances during exam season

A field of scientific research is on the rise – one that makes powerful headline claims about how our life experiences can turn our genes on – and off – to shape the people we later become. The educational bandwagon is inevitable, writes Kat Arney, but do advocates of epigenetics have enough detailed evidence to persuade policymakers and pedagogues that this should be the next big schooling panacea?