England’s Department for Education has moved from prototyping AI tutoring tools to piloting them in schools (“living laboratories”) and is now building a national standard via six funded companies (including Pearson/Anthropic, Google/Eedi), set to launch autumn 2026. The authors argue this “experimental futuring” approach locks in an industry-shaped model of AI in schools while sidelining wider public debate.
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