AIR Launches AI in Education Network to Advance Research on How Artificial Intelligence Is Changing K–12 Education
Six new studies will generate new evidence on how AI is being used and how to maximize the potential benefits of AI in teaching, learning, and educator decisionmaking in schools
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) announced the launch of its AI in Education Network, a new collaborative research effort to study and inform how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming K–12 education. This network is part of a broader set of AIR initiatives to examine how AI impacts education, workforce development, and health.
“As AI becomes part of everyday use in education, schools need more than marketing—they need evidence,” said Jessica Heppen, President and CEO of AIR. “Our goal is to provide clear, credible insights that help educators, school and district leaders, and policymakers make sound decisions about which types of AI-enabled tools to adopt, and which to avoid. This work reflects AIR’s commitment to applying rigorous research to the questions that matter most right now.”
The AI in Education Network brings together AIR researchers working at the intersection of technology, learning, and evidence. Through six coordinated studies, teams will explore how AI is being used to support instruction, assessment, professional learning, and data-driven decisionmaking in schools across the country.
The selected efforts emerged from a competitive internal review process that prioritized innovative, timely work capable of generating practical insights for the field, and applied research to understand how AI is being used in educational settings and the potential benefits and risks for students and educators.
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