AI in schools
A handful of AI sessions isn’t a plan.
CoLab gives your educators and leaders a place to try AI in their own context, share what works and shape guidelines and practice from what’s really happening in classrooms.
The challenge
AI is already in your classrooms. The support around it is still catching up.
The tools change faster than any training calendar. Most educators have had one session or none, and leaders are writing guidance without a clear view of classrooms.
6 in 10
teachers used AI for their work in the 2024-25 school year.
Walton Family Foundation and Gallup, 2025
50%
of teachers have now had at least one AI training session, up from 13% in 2023.
Education Week, 2026
Only 14%
have had more than one session. School and district leaders are more likely to be trained than teachers.
Education Week, 2026
A year of AI in your district
The kickoff
“We had the AI session. Now everyone’s on their own.”
An AI Space opens with your guidance, starter prompts and the people leading the work.
The session is the start, not the plan.
Trying it out
“I don’t know what’s allowed, or what’s worth my time.”
Educators try one approach with their students and share what happened. Good prompts become resources others adapt.
Real examples from your own district.
Guidance check
“We’re writing guidance without knowing what’s happening in classrooms.”
Leaders see which uses are spreading and where questions keep coming up.
Guidance and training keep up with practice.
Next year
“The tools changed again. We’re starting over.”
A year of examples, answers and lessons stays with your district.
Next year builds on this one.
40 educators and leaders from 6 schools turned an AI leadership PLC into practice back home. 91% had shared their learning with colleagues by the end.
Read the Teach Smarter story
What you’ll be able to do
Shape guidance and training from what’s really happening.
Update guidance and training to answer the questions educators keep asking
Spread the examples and prompts that work to more classrooms
Direct support to where confidence is still low
More on insights
How we work with you
Your measure of success is ours.
01
Goals that matter.
We track what’s changing in classrooms, not logins.
Trying new practice, then reflecting with colleagues, changes teaching. Darling-Hammond et al., 2017
02
Built on what you have.
Your guidance, training and early adopters are the foundation.
03
A real partner, not a help desk.
Former K-12 educators, alongside your team.
Working with an AI trainer or PD partner? CoLab works alongside them.
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