Þórdís Jóna Sigurðardóttir
Director of the Directorate of Education and School Services in Iceland, leading national education policy and initiatives including a pilot exploring AI's role in reducing teacher workload and supporting equitable learning.
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Mar 21, 2026 • 32min
Can AI reduce teacher workload in Iceland’s schools? A Conversation with Þórdís Jóna Sigurðardóttir
Þórdís Jóna Sigurðardóttir, director leading Iceland’s national education policy, discusses a national pilot exploring AI to reduce teacher workload and support equitable learning. She covers Iceland’s diverse school contexts, careful pilot design with unions and partners, tensions between hype and careful learning, and how to evaluate workload, quality and equity.
