At the rear, technological companies unite their forces out of $ 23 million for teacher training initiative

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Diving brief:

• More than 400,000 teachers – or approximately 1 in 10 – will receive free training to develop artificial intelligence control skills by 2030 via the National Academy for IA Instruction, an initiative of $ 23 million announced by the American Federation of Teaches, United Federation of Teaches, Microsoft and Anthropic.
• The AI ​​National Academy of AI will launch a flagship campus in New York this fall and should evolve nationally. He will initially focus on supporting members of kindergarten in the 12th year of AFT before finally opening up to all educators.
• The Academy plans to offer workshops, online courses and practical training on AI to teachers and will also focus on expanding access to these resources, especially in breathtaking school districts.

Diving insight:

The Academy marks the first partnership between a national union and technological companies which aims to “create a sustainable education infrastructure for AI,” said AFT in its announcement.

A few 6 out of 10 teachers reported that they had used an AI tool for their work during the 2025-25 school year, according to a survey published in late June by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation.

In particular, almost a third of teachers said they used the tools at least every week, while 28% declared the frequency of the monthly or less, revealed that the survey.

Some of the most commonly reported uses for AI include the preparation of teaching, the creation of workheets or activities or adaptation of equipment to the needs of students.

Frequent users have reported IA time savings – on average, 5.9 hours per week, adding up to six weeks per school year.

Most teachers who use AI also said that technology improves the quality of their work at least somewhat. For example, 57% said the AI ​​had helped the rating and 74% said it had helped work administrative, revealed that the survey.

Although there are more promising signs of using the AI ​​in class, President AFT, Randi Weingarten, said in a statement on Tuesday that it is important for educators to play a key role in determining how technology benefits students.

“The direct link between a teacher and their children can never be replaced by new technologies, but if we learn to exploit it, to define good sense railing and to put teachers in the driver's seat, teaching and learning can be improved,” said Weingarten.

The launch of the National Academy for Instruction comes as District training for teachers The uneven in 2025. According to a Rand Corp report, low poverty districts were much more likely than high pause districts to offer teacher training on technology – 67% against 39%.

Rand has planned that the gap would not disappear this year on the basis of the reported plans for the districts for the fall, which means that schools on high pause “would probably need additional support to prepare their teachers at AI”.

At the federal level, the Trump administration has doubled the efforts to support the implementation of AI in schools through a decree in April. The administration last week announced that 60 companies and technological associations have signed a commitment to support the president's objective to make AI accessible to all students.

Former employees of the US Ministry of Education, however, expressed concerns about Trump's decree After the education department eliminated the man over 30 Educational Technology Office. The OET has been reduced in the broader effort of the administration to reduce the department. The office had focused on access to technological tools, including AI, more equitable in country schools.