ORIGINALLY AIRED MARCH 2024 – Join Dale Perrigo, Director, Windows in EDU at Microsoft, to explore the integration of AI in education, emphasizing enhancing student outcomes and teacher productivity. The discussion highlights the current challenges faced by educators, including teacher shortages, inadequate compensation, and overwhelming workloads. Highlights include Microsoft’s AI solutions, particularly “Co-pilot,” aimed at improving back-office efficiency and classroom support, such as grading and lesson planning. As well as “learning accelerators” like Reading Coach and Math Progress, which aid in student assessment and learning. Lastly, Dale dives into practical classroom applications of AI, including lesson planning, information redaction, and creating engaging educational content, all intended to streamline administrative tasks and enrich teaching methodologies.   _