Could artificial intelligence improve special education?

Special education teachers are using artificial intelligence to manage crushing paperwork. Could it help instructors spend more time with their students?


Millions of students qualify for special education and they need qualified  teachers to help them.

But burnout for these teachers has caused many to leave the profession – one reason –  the paperwork 

Now, a growing number of special educators are using A-I to speed up that paperwork and some research shows that despite the risks – it could help them spend more time with students.

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