After they employed the AI for six months, the biggest gains they saw in their students were in the sphere of self-confidence, which is traditionally very difficult to address in a classroom setting. “Student achievement has to start with building confidence within themselves, confidence that comes from the knowledge that they know they can do it,” Hobart’s superintendent, Peggy Buffington, tells me. “Our job is to make sure that we’re equipping our students with a confidence level in their abilities. The AI is a game changer here.”
