Educator AI training and readiness remain limited, with only about half of teachers trained on AI and resistance increasing at higher grade levels¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r1 · q2
Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? As of fall 2024, only about half of teachers reported being trained on using AI, a two-fold increase from the previous year. → Digital Promise 2025 q2 i? Educator resistance to AI adoption increases at higher grade levels, with educators of older students expressing greater concerns. → Digital Promise 2025 q2 i? 88% of computer science teachers desire more support for teaching about and with AI, and less than half of middle and high school teachers and just over a third of elementary teachers feel equipped to teach about AI. → Digital Promise 2025 (2)

Evidence¶

Digital Promise 2025¶

Digital Promise. (2025). AI Literacy in PK-12 Education. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/19fd2afb-0811-4e48-90d9-0ad6c9887a1a doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/269

q2 · i? · review · r?

Survey data reported in the brief's educator-gaps section: "only about half of teachers reported having been trained on using AI", double the prior year, yet many lack foundational understanding and some perceive AI as increasing workload. The brief also notes resistance rises at higher grade levels.

"As of fall 2024, only about half of teachers reported having been trained on using AI"

Digital Promise 2025 (2)¶

Digital Promise. (2025). AI Literacy in PK-12 Education. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/19fd2afb-0811-4e48-90d9-0ad6c9887a1a

q2 · i? · review · r1

A recent survey cited in the learner-gaps section reports that "88% of computer science teachers desire more support", with under half of secondary and about a third of elementary teachers feeling equipped. Percentages are descriptive; no inferential statistics are printed.

"88% of computer science teachers desire more support for teaching about and with AI, but less than half of middle and high school teachers and just over a third of elementary school teachers feel equipped to teach about AI"

Discussion¶

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