AI & Educational Technology Initiative
Harnessing Collective Leadership to shape the future of AI and Technology in education
We stand at an unprecedented moment of possibility. AI foundation models (large language models or LLMs) are democratizing the power to create teaching and learning tools, enabling teachers and communities worldwide to design learning experiences that reflect their values and unlock their students' potential. Through our global network of organizations in 60+ countries dedicated to developing collective leadership in education, Teach For All is uniquely positioned to ensure this transformation is grounded in equity and justice.
A Moment of Unprecedented Opportunity
Tools that enable teachers and students to work in radically new ways are becoming more accessible to everyone. The interactions between plain language and intuitive tools and AI interfaces are eliminating the technical barriers that, until now, have been the reserve of education services providers and edtech companies.
This is our moment to reimagine education. Through AI foundation models, a teacher can now create personalized learning experiences and students in under-resourced communities can design AI tutors that speak their language and understand their culture.
What matters most is not whether AI enters classrooms, but whether educators and communities guide its use in ways that strengthen—not replace—their teaching and learning traditions. Teach For All's AI & Educational Technology Initiative was created to ensure educators and students in even the most underserved communities are empowered to lead.
The AI & Educational Technology Initiative
Our Collective Challenge:
How are we supporting educators and communities to become confident creators and leaders of AI-enhanced education that serves their students and reflects their values?
Four Foundational Pillars
Our Flagship Programs
Our Strategic Vision: Educational Agency in a Time of Technological Transformation
For too long, learning communities worldwide have accepted educational solutions imposed by corporations optimizing for profitable markets, not learner outcomes. AI foundation models change everything—they enable educational sovereignty where communities control their own learning experiences.
Traditional EdTech companies maintained power through technical complexity and closed systems. AI eliminates these barriers. Through natural language interaction, a teacher in an under-resourced community can now create personalized learning games as sophisticated as those built by industry professionals.
Our Vision Outcomes
Empowered Educators
Teachers are confident AI creators and critical thinkers who drive technology decision making based on their proximity to the need through direct partnerships with foundation model developers.
Educational Sovereignty
Communities harness foundation model capabilities while maintaining agency over their educational experiences and cultural knowledge systems.
Teach For All as Conduit
We position ourselves as the essential mediator between foundation model developers and the world's educators, ensuring under-resourcedserved community voices shape AI development.
Global Transformation
A world where AI amplifies local educational wisdom rather than replacing it, creating new possibilities for learning and teaching worldwide.
Our Strategic Vision Framework
Every initiative we pursue is reviewed within a framework of four programmatic "tests": the tests of equity, scale, sustainability, and impact. This framework becomes especially critical as a the proliferation of AI grows, where the default trajectory prioritizes the commercial interests of foundation model developers—achieving scale and profitability—while ignoring community focused needs for equity, sustainability, and genuine learning impact.
Could this intervention reduce or eliminate barriers for the most marginalized learners?
In the AI context, this means ensuring that AI development includes members of under-resourced communities as creators and decision-makers, not just consumers. Traditional EdTech consistently fails this test by optimizing for affluent early adopters and standardized solutions that erase local knowledge systems.
Can this approach reach millions of learners across diverse contexts without losing effectiveness?
Our AI Literacy & Creator Collective model is designed for distributed scale—peer-to-peer learning and collective innovation that grows organically rather than through corporate expansion.
Can this work continue and deepen over time without creating new dependencies?
True sustainability in AI education means building local capacity to create, adapt, and control AI tools rather than increasing reliance on distant corporations.
Does this intervention demonstrably improve educational outcomes and transform learning experiences?
True impact means evidence that students learn more effectively, teachers are empowered, and communities have greater agency over their educational futures—not just increased technology usage or engagement metrics.
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