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Revolutionizing Education: How AI Can Empower Teachers in the Classroom

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Originally published in TEACH Magazine, September/October 2023 Issue

By Adam Stone

At KIPP BOLD Academy, a school for Grades 5–8 in Newark, NJ, educator Winston Roberts teaches financial literacy. Lately he’s been using a new tool to get the job done—Artificial Intelligence (AI).

“I wanted [students] to research a bunch of different businesses that have made questionable business-ethics decisions,” he says. “I had ChatGPT generate a list of some of the most infamous business scandals that were instigated by profit motives, and also had it suggest Google search terms so kids could look up more information.”

In about 15 minutes he had generated a list of examples that would have taken him many hours to compile by hand. That was enough to get the kids off and running on their research.

While AI is still an emerging technology, educators and K–12 advocates say it has the potential to make life better for teachers. It will save them time, surface new teaching materials, and spark deeper classroom engagements.

The international consultancy group McKinsey reports that 20 to 40 percent of a teacher’s working hours are spent on tasks that could be automated. That’s roughly 13 hours a week that teachers could redirect toward higher-value activities. Some say AI will help them get there.

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Adam Stone is a seasoned journalist with 20+ years’ experience. He covers education, technology, government, and the military, along with diverse other topics.

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