Teaching the Machine to Teach: The Quest for a K-12 AI Tutor

Building an effective AI tutor isn’t just an engineering challenge — it’s a pedagogical one. This session explores what it actually takes to design AI that supports how students learn, reason, and build confidence in real classrooms. Panelists will examine how tools like AI tutors, translation, and lesson generation can be embedded into daily instruction with the right guardrails, visibility for teachers, and alignment to standards. Using live classroom use cases, we’ll unpack how AI can act as a sidekick for both teachers and students — coaching thinking without shortcutting learning.