Your child has almost certainly used AI this week, whether you set it up or not. Where it actually sits in their day, what the research shows about homework and companion apps, and the UAE rules most parents have not heard about yet.

A new school year usually puts the focus on children: new classrooms, new routines and a fairly frantic return to early mornings. But behind every child settling into school is an educator doing far more than delivering a lesson. That was the message from Aisha Miran, Director General of Dubai's Knowledge and Human Development Authority, as more than 8,000 educators joined a series of virtual town halls ahead of the 2026–27 academic year. Miran described teachers as mentors, caregivers, role models and partners to parents, and pointed to the launch of the Dubai Educators Council as a way of giving them a direct voice in how education develops. With teacher numbers across Dubai's private schools up 17.5% in three years, here is why it matters for families.

When you set out to understand IVF, the missing piece isn't more information. It's someone who has actually lived it. Fertility Doula Cassie Destino on the process, the UAE rules, and the emotional side no one warns you about.

Nobody warned me that choosing a nursery would feel like this. This is not a ranking. It is what I genuinely wish I had known earlier, the questions I did not know to ask, and the things that mattered more than I expected.