{"id":177029,"date":"2026-01-12T14:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/more-teachers-are-using-ai-in-their-classrooms-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:25:09","slug":"more-teachers-are-using-ai-in-their-classrooms-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/12\/more-teachers-are-using-ai-in-their-classrooms-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. Here&#8217;s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/technology\/more-teachers-are-using-ai-in-their-classrooms-heres-why\/2026\/01\">More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. Here&#8217;s Why<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/technology\/more-teachers-are-using-ai-in-their-classrooms-heres-why\/2026\/01\">https:\/\/www.edweek.org\/technology\/more-teachers-are-using-ai-in-their-classrooms-heres-why\/2026\/01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-12 14:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.edweek.org\">www.edweek.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Increased AI Tool Usage Among Teachers<\/strong>: The percentage of teachers using AI-driven tools in their classrooms nearly doubled from 2023 to 2025, rising from 34% to 61%, as reported by the EdWeek Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Professional Development Influence<\/strong>: A significant factor contributing to this increased use is enhanced professional development, with more teachers partaking in AI training programs. This contributed to more confident and practical application of AI in their work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Integration in Common Educational Tools<\/strong>: AI tools have become embedded in widely used educational resources like Canva and Google, making them more accessible to teachers without needing to seek AI-specific tools.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Efficiency Perception and Workload Management<\/strong>: Teachers are increasingly identifying AI as an efficient tool to manage planning, differentiation, and feedback, important tasks amid their intensive workloads.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ongoing Professional Support Required<\/strong>: Experts stress the need for continuous professional learning to ensure AI use is meaningful and effective, stressing that AI literacy must be foundational to meaningful engagement.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Need for Addressing Non-users<\/strong>: There remains a concern about the 21% of teachers who do not plan to use AI in their classrooms, which experts wish to understand better to better design future professional learning and support programs.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Teachers Are Using AI in Their Classrooms. 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