The Deep View: AI classroom use jumps sixfold in two years

Posted on September 12, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
AI classroom use jumps sixfold in two years
AI adoption in American classrooms has exploded from 10% of educators in 2023 to 67% today — a sixfold rise that’s not only changing how teachers work but making them more likely to stay in the profession.
HMH Education’s Educator Confidence Report, which surveyed 1,205 educators between May 6-22, reveals that generative AI is providing an unexpected morale boost for a profession facing widespread burnout and turnover.
The retention impact is significant: while 32% of teachers who don’t use AI are considering leaving the profession within five years, only 21% of teachers who use AI are contemplating an exit. This comes as 16% of all teachers nationally intend to leave their jobs, down from 22% in 2024, but still concerning amid widespread teacher shortages affecting about 1 in 8 teaching positions.
Teachers are embracing AI for practical benefits:
Time savings of 1-5 hours weekly (68% of users)/ Creating differentiated learning opportunities for students. Strengthening student connections through personalized approaches. 79% feel confident using AI in instructionally effective ways
However, concerns about the impact on students remain widespread. The biggest worry among both AI users (45%) and non-users (43%) is student over-dependence on the technology. Plagiarism concerns follow closely, cited by 44% of users and 40% of non-users.
Despite concerns, there’s a broad consensus on responsible use: 87% of all educators agree students must learn to use AI ethically, while 79% believe AI tools should require teacher supervision.
Francie Alexander, HMH’s SVP of Efficacy Research, noted that “teachers are pouring the time they’re getting back right into their students,” creating “more room for those meaningful moments.”
AI is becoming less of a disruptive force and more of a retention tool for educators, potentially helping address chronic teacher shortages by making the profession more manageable and rewarding. With 3/4 districts struggling to fill positions for the 2024-25 school year, any tool that reduces the 11 percentage point gap in departure intentions could prove significant for staffing stability.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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