Back to School with AI: Are Teachers Getting the Training They Need?

Jesse Dukes reports from a two day training one school district offered its teachers, all to help them adapt to the arrival of generative AI in schools. That training proved helpful to teachers, but it’s not clear how much professional development most American teachers are getting, and it appears many are getting little or none. 

Episode produced by Jesse Dukes

Research by Chris Bagg, Andrew Meriwether, and Natashas Esteves. 

Editorial support by Natasha Esteves. 

Additional research from Manasa Kudumu. 

Thanks for the school district that let us visit (you know who are!) 

Thanks to all the teachers who talked with us for our ongoing research into the arrival of generative AI in school environments. Learn more at tsl.mit.edu/AI.