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Which AI tools instructional coaches can use for coaching prep, AI literacy PD, feedback and debriefs, what each costs, what its privacy pages actually say, and four questions that keep coaching separate from evaluation.
OpenAI and Anthropic both moved their free teacher plans into district-managed workspaces in the last fortnight, and New York and DC told staff to use only approved tools. This comparison checks ChatGPT for Teachers, Claude for Teachers, Gemini for Education, Gemini Notebook and Copilot Chat against what a district actually signs: the data agreement, admin controls, student access and the price when the free period ends.
New York City paused student-facing AI for 2-K to grade 8 and DC published a model policy that bars AI from IEP eligibility decisions. These seven tools let a teacher keep planning, leveling and communicating with AI while students and their records stay out of it, with every vendor's FERPA claim and price re-checked at source on October 6, 2026.
Six AI tools for school counselors, checked for FERPA, COPPA and data hosting, that take on college planning, career exploration, behaviour plans, correspondence, check-ins and crisis alerts while the judgement stays with you.
Seven AI tools for the jobs that land on a district desk: policy, platform, oversight, communication, grants, institutional knowledge and data. Checked for FERPA, hosting and pricing, with three popular tools left out and the reasons why.
Five AI study tools a teacher or parent can hand a 14 to 18-year-old with a clear conscience, ranked on learning value, safety and honest pricing, plus the directory data on which of the 90 listed tools a teenager can legally use at all.
Six AI flashcard generators judged on what they let students do after the cards exist, with pricing and policy pages checked on September 16, 2026, data hosting and under-13 rules for each, and the research showing why the student should still write the first draft.
Detectors guess. Oral assessment asks. Six independently reviewed tools that let students show what they know out loud, with dated pricing and the FERPA, COPPA and hosting data US schools need before buying.
Only 30 of the 90 tools in the aieducator.tools directory admit children under 13, and just three of those are independently assessed. Here are the six worth an elementary classroom, with COPPA status, dated pricing, teacher visibility and the tools to leave out.
Most teachers use three of MagicSchool's eighty tools. Here are seven alternatives that each beat it at one specific job, with dated pricing, declared FERPA and COPPA status, and an honest note on when you should stay put.
Five independently chosen AI tools that give kindergarten and pre-K teachers their evenings back, without adding a single screen to the classroom. With COPPA status, real pricing and the tools I left out.
Six AI rubric generators for teachers, judged on whether the tool follows the rubric you wrote or one it invented. Free-tier limits re-checked October 2026, plus the pick for college and AP grading and why the maker and creator labels mean the same thing.
