THE TEACHER’S READING ROOM
Guides for teaching well in the age of AI.
Research-informed guides on PISA 2025, AI literacy, AI in education, pedagogy and teacher wellbeing. Every article links to its original sources.
Essential guides
PISA 2025 results explained: what the OECD findings mean for teachers
PISA 2025 recorded the lowest OECD averages yet in reading, maths and science. The key scores, trends, AI findings and what they mean for classrooms.
Read the guide →AI literacy · Essential guide · 4 min readAI literacy for schools: the OECD–European Commission framework explained
What AI literacy means for primary and secondary students, the four AILit domains (Engage, Create, Manage and Shape AI) and how teachers can start.
Read the guide →AI in education · Essential guide · 4 min readAI in education: a practical guide for schools and teachers
How schools can use AI in education responsibly: where AI helps teachers, the risks to manage, what PISA 2025 found, and a five-step adoption plan.
Read the guide →Pedagogy · Essential guide · 3 min readWhat is pedagogy? A teacher’s guide to evidence-informed teaching
Pedagogy explained: its meaning, the main teaching approaches, Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction and how to choose what works for your learners.
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SparkSchool AI signs MoU with the Uttar Pradesh Education Department and SCERT to pilot in 100 schools
SparkSchool AI will implement and pilot its teaching platform in 100 schools across Lucknow and Kanpur, with a dedicated teacher portal available in Hindi.
Read the guide →AI in education · 5 min readNew in SparkSchool: homework review for handwritten work
Students upload photos of handwritten homework and SparkSchool reads it with OCR, reviews it and drafts marks and feedback for the teacher to approve.
Read the guide →AI in education · 4 min readNEP 2020 and thoughtful AI adoption in schools
How NEP 2020’s vision for educational technology can guide AI adoption in Indian schools: start with teaching purpose, build teacher capacity and evaluate.
Read the guide →AI in education · 3 min readA connected AI workflow for the teaching week
Start with a learning objective and reuse that context across a lesson plan, presentation, worksheet and assessment, with teacher review at every step.
Read the guide →Pedagogy · 4 min readDifferentiation and remediation: from evidence to action
Differentiation adapts the route to a shared objective; remediation revisits a missing prerequisite. A practical guide with a fractions example and prompt.
Read the guide →Teacher wellbeing · 3 min readMake space for the teacher behind the lesson
Teaching involves attention, care and emotional work. Short reflection and mindfulness habits create a deliberate pause during a busy teaching day.
Read the guide →PISA 2025 · 5 min readPISA 2025 Denmark: what the country note tells educators
Denmark’s PISA 2025 scores fell in maths, reading and science. We unpack the OECD country note: proficiency, equity, AI chatbot use, phone bans and more.
Read the guide →PISA 2025 · 3 min readStudents already use AI for schoolwork. What PISA 2025 tells teachers
PISA 2025 is the first cycle to measure how students use AI chatbots. What the data says about AI use, performance and the risk of a new AI divide.
Read the guide →PISA 2025 · 3 min readHasty readers: why reading fell in PISA 2025 and how to teach deeper reading
OECD reading scores fell 28 points between 2015 and 2025, and “hasty readers” almost doubled. Classroom strategies for slower, deeper, multi-source reading.
Read the guide →PISA 2025 · 3 min readPhones, devices and distraction: what PISA 2025 says about digital classrooms
Over one in four students say classmates are distracted by devices in most science lessons. What PISA 2025 found on phone bans and purposeful device use.
Read the guide →AI literacy · 4 min readTeaching AI literacy: 10 classroom activities for primary and secondary
Ten practical AI literacy lessons, from unplugged primary activities to secondary tasks on evaluating chatbot answers, bias and responsible AI use.
Read the guide →AI literacy · 3 min readUNESCO’s AI competency frameworks for teachers and students: a practical guide
UNESCO’s AI competency frameworks set out 15 competencies for teachers and 12 for students. Their dimensions, progression levels and a teacher self-audit.
Read the guide →AI in education · 4 min readThe algorithm in the room: six questions UNESCO asks about AI and the future of education
UNESCO’s 2026 collection of 26 think pieces asks six urgent questions about AI in education: what they mean for teachers and leaders, with discussion prompts.
Read the guide →Pedagogy · 3 min readFormative assessment and retrieval practice: two high-impact habits for every lesson
How to use formative assessment and retrieval practice every day: five key strategies, quick classroom techniques and how AI can help draft questions.
Read the guide →Pedagogy · 3 min readMetacognition and self-regulated learning: closing the gap PISA 2025 revealed
PISA 2025 shows few students plan their studying or check their understanding. How to teach metacognition: plan, monitor and evaluate, with examples.
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