OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT for Teachers to 55 additional U.S. school systems across 20 states, adding over 100,000 educators and staff and bringing the total to more than 100 K-12 organizations across 30 states serving over 300,000 educators. The company also announced a 16-state National Data Privacy Agreement through the Student Data Privacy Consortium framework, giving districts a standardized path to evaluate and adopt the tool under FERPA-aligned protections. ChatGPT for Teachers remains free for verified U.S. K-12 educators through June 2028. The piece highlights usage data (1.9 million time-saving messages from January to July), teacher training programs like AI Skills Jams with the Walton Family Foundation, and a five-year initiative with the American Federation of Teachers to train 400,000 educators.
