{
  "id": 8956841,
  "title": "Expanding free AI training for educators",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/expanding-free-ai-training-for-educators",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Google Blog",
    "slug": "google-blog",
    "url": "https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/education/digital-promise/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "At the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, leaders gathered to discuss the future of education, with a focus on leveraging AI technology to enhance classroom teaching while maintaining the importance of human educators. The Fostering the Future Together Partnership event, organized by First Lady Melania Trump, revealed that Google.org has committed to supporting Digital Promise, a nonprofit organization, in expanding access to AI training for educators.\n\nThis new funding will enable Digital Promise to provide practical AI skills training to over six million K-12 teachers and faculty members in higher education across the United States. The initiative, developed in collaboration with ISTE, offers a comprehensive, self-paced, and teacher-led learning experience designed to equip educators with essential AI skills, instructional judgment, and the ability to apply AI tools effectively in lesson planning and productivity.\n\nEducators can earn recognized digital badges for their participation in the free Google AI Educator Series, which consists of e-learning modules accessible through the Google for Education Learning Center. By empowering educators with these skills, the goal is to ensure that AI technology becomes a valuable asset in the learning process, rather than a distraction, while keeping human educators at the forefront of the educational experience.",
  "summary": "At the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, Google.org is committing $4 million to Digital Promise to help equip teachers and faculty with free, practical A…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}