The new Generative AI for Education Hub at Stanford University will conduct and collect research on AI tools for schools. The hope is to give K-12 leaders easier access to evidence about what works — and what doesn’t.
Stanford University is conducting, collecting and presenting research on the use of generative artificial intelligence for K-12 schools in a new Generative AI for Education Hub online.
As part of a broader university initiative called SCALE — Systems Change Advancing Learning and Equity — the hub includes a research repository for studies on AI for education, where district leaders can search for evidence to inform school investment decisions, with filters such as study design, intended users and AI tool purpose, according to a recent news release. Bite-sized “takeaways” sum up the results, followed by links to each study.
In a field that is too new to offer deep efficacy research, the goal of the research hub is to give educators easy access to the evidence that does exist, fill the gaps with new studies and offer balanced guidance for school systems, according to Generative AI for Education Hub Director Chris Agnew.
