Major Tech Companies Join Forces with Teachers' Unions to Launch $23M AI Academy
Summary
Major tech giants Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic partner with teachers' unions AFT and UFT to launch a $23 million National Academy for AI Instruction, providing free training and curriculum to empower 1.8 million educators in integrating AI into classrooms across the United States.
Key Points
- The AFT, Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and United Federation of Teachers launch a $23 million National Academy for AI Instruction to provide free AI training and curriculum for 1.8 million AFT members.
- The academy aims to train 400,000 educators over 5 years, reaching 7.2 million students, and establish a national model for AI-integrated teaching environments.
- The partnership empowers educators to become confident leaders in AI instruction, bringing AI literacy, ethical reasoning and creative problem-solving into classrooms across the United States.