Centering Teachers in the AI Era - September 1, 2026

Watch an on-demand conversation between the authors of two recent EdWorkingPapers exploring what AI could mean for the future of the teaching profession, facilitated by Review Board member Constance Lindsay.

Now that AI is an unavoidable part of conversations about education, what would it look like to center teachers' expertise in decisions about its design, implementation, and use? These two papers explore what it takes to center teachers in the design, implementation, and improvement of AI in schools. One examines teachers' perspectives and needs at scale, while the other demonstrates how structured dialogue can surface teachers' professional expertise and inform better decisions about AI. Together, they challenge researchers, school systems, and technology developers to move beyond treating teachers as end users and instead engage them as partners in shaping the next generation of teaching and learning.

-Landscape Analysis of the Teaching Profession (Pam Grossman, Maya Kaul, Sarah Schneider Kavanagh) Apr 2026 (google.com/url?q=https://edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1399&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1788879071357012&usg=AOvVaw2OtD7ytqaXolzQwmwWIWgm)
-Practitioner Voices Summit: How Teachers Evaluate AI Tools through Deliberative Sensemaking (Dora Demszky, Christopher Mah, Helen Higgins) Apr 2026 (https://edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1466)