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How teachers and school teams are using AI
Teachers and school teams are using AI to ask students better questions, turn difficult concepts into songs, and build software for their own schools. These stories follow the people making those choices, including how they check the work and keep students doing the thinking.
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What does using AI in education look like in practice?
The starting point is a specific classroom or school problem. Casey Cuny wanted students to think through a text. Oliver Steinbock wanted thermodynamics to stick in memory. Kris Hagel and James Cantonwine wanted tools their district could build and maintain. Their approaches differ, but each person gave the technology a defined job and stayed responsible for the result.
01 · California, USA
Casey Cuny: a chatbot that asks the questions
Cuny has students ask ChatGPT to quiz them on a reading, take notes by hand, and discuss the text with the class. Students still write their thesis by hand, giving him a way to see their own thinking.
The California Teacher of the Year who turned ChatGPT into a writing coachSource: K-12 Dive
02 · Florida, USA
Oliver Steinbock: chemistry you can sing
Steinbock uses a language model and Suno to turn thermodynamics into songs, from country to K-pop. He checks the lyrics for factual errors before making the music. Next, he can picture students writing their own songs and checking one another's science.
The chemistry professor who set thermodynamics to musicSource: Chemical & Engineering News
03 · Washington, USA
Kris Hagel and James Cantonwine: tools built inside the district
At Peninsula School District, Hagel and Cantonwine use Claude Code to build tools for lesson feedback, signatures, and other school work. Cantonwine started without a formal coding background. The district now has working replacements for several paid tools and projects savings in the 2026-27 school year.
The school district CIO who stopped buying software and taught his team to build itSource: Education Week
Keep the learning visible
Cuny kept the handwritten thesis. Steinbock kept checking the science, even when it came with a chorus. Both started with something they wanted students to do for themselves. Share a story with a teacher who has a classroom problem of their own.