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Drew Bent leads Education at Anthropic, where he oversees education initiatives including Claude for Teachers. A former math teacher, Khan Academy engineer, and co-founder of Schoolhouse.world, Drew focuses on applying AI to improve teaching and learning.

Sandra Liu Huang is President of Learning Commons, where she leads the development of open AI datasets and learning science infrastructure for education. She previously held product leadership roles at Google, Facebook, and Quora.

💡 5 Things You'll Learn in This Episode

1. Why Anthropic built Claude for Teachers exclusively for educators.
2. How Learning Commons grounds AI in standards, curriculum, and learning science.
3. The role of open datasets, AI skills, and shared infrastructure in improving educational AI.
4. How Claude integrates with leading edtech tools through new connectors.
5. What's next for Claude for Teachers, including district partnerships and future AI capabilities.

✨ Episode Highlights
[00:03:27] Why Anthropic chose to build AI for teachers first.
[00:05:50] How Learning Commons powers AI with standards and learning progressions.
[00:08:52] Inside Claude for Teachers' integrations with leading edtech platforms.
[00:14:41] Building open AI teaching skills and evaluation frameworks.
[00:17:26] How AI can support meaningful lesson differentiation.
[00:20:54] The vision for open educational AI infrastructure.
[00:22:42] What's next for Claude for Teachers, including district partnerships and research.

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