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11 September 2026

Every child deserves a safe place to make sense of the news

Teachers and students need help to navigate a complex and fast-moving current affairs environment
Flora Letanka

Chief executive, The Economist Educational Foundation

5 min read
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Young people are on course to vote at the next general election at the age of 16.

They will do so having grown up entirely within a news environment unlike any previous generation.

They have faced an endless, algorithmically sorted stream of headlines, clips and claims, arriving faster than many classrooms have a structured way to address.

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