UK elite schools ditch laptops while poor pupils get AI chatbot tutors
AlexTensor · x · 2026-11-13
- Winchester College, one of the UK's most exclusive schools, banned laptops from classrooms last month and returned to pen and paper; headmistress Elizabeth Stone called them "distracting" and says results have already improved.
- Eton restricted iPads after 100+ parents signed a petition.
- Meanwhile, the Department for Education is rolling out AI-powered personal tutors for 450,000 disadvantaged pupils per year by end of 2027.
- The piece, from a conversation with actress-turned-campaigner Sophie Winkleman, frames the contrast starkly: elite children get books, teachers and silence, while poor children get chatbots.
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