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Artificial intelligence in education

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Artificial Intelligence has the potential to enrich teaching, learning, research, and union organising, but it also raises serious risks. If left unchecked, AI can undermine education as a human right, erode educators’ working conditions and professional autonomy, and perpetuate harmful social and environmental consequences. Education International and its member organisations are strengthening union capacity to shape AI in education through research, advocacy, and collective bargaining.

News and opinion

  1. Artificial intelligence in education 1 December 2025

    Communications Toolkit: Shaping Our Future. Education Unions Leading for a Human-Centred AI

    4-5 December 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

    Education International's conference, Shaping our future: Education unions leading for a human-centred AI, brings together union leaders, educators and experts from across the globe to exchange strategies, develop collective responses and advance a human-centred, rights-based approach to AI in education and research.

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  2. Fighting the commercialisation of education 23 September 2025

    Human-centred AI: EI's global conference charts the future of education

    While tech companies race to embed Artificial Intelligence (AI) in schools and campuses worldwide, the voices of educators have been largely sidelined. Education International's conference, Shaping Our Future: Education Unions Leading for a Human-Centred AI, puts educators back at the centre. The 4-5 December Brussels conference will bring together union...

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  3. Future of work in education 23 July 2025

    United States: Union-powered National Academy for AI Instruction aims to put teachers in the driver’s seat on technology in the classroom

    Founded by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and its affiliate the United Federation of Teachers in partnership with Microsoft, Open AI, and Anthropic, the National Academy for AI Instruction will provide access to free training and curriculum on artificial intelligence (AI) for all 1.8 million members of the AFT.

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  4. Leading the profession 25 January 2024

    Empowering Educators in the Age of AI: What Now?

    Armand Doucet

    The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don't know, solidifying my goal to be a lifelong learner. But one thing certainty stands out in this era of rapid change: the time for action is now.

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  5. Leading the profession 8 January 2024

    Empowering Educators in the Age of AI: What Now?

    Armand Doucet

    My curiosity got the best of me and I registered for ChatGPT. I was quickly amazed by the efficiency and timesaving it presented me. This prompted my dive into a rabbit hole of learning – engaging in a variety of reading and conversations in education and other sectors, as well...

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Research

  1. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

    The Unintended Consequences of Artificial Intelligence and Education

    Wayne Holmes
    18 October 2023

    This report sets out to provide an analysis of the current state of artificial intelligence and education, including its potential benefits and risks, as well as the role of teachers and teacher trade unionists in ensuring that teaching with and about artificial intelligence is aligned with the principles of social...

    The Unintended Consequences of Artificial Intelligence and Education See resources 2
  2. Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4

    Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the future

    Christina J. Colclough
    27 October 2020

    The Future of Work is not just making the headlines - it has become an issue of increasing importance for students, teachers and the whole of society. While there is always an element of anticipatory anxiety when facing the future there has also been real concern about the arrival of...

    Teaching with Tech: The role of education unions in shaping the future See resources 2

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