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Emily Freitag is Co-founder and CEO of Instruction Partners, a nonprofit focused on strengthening instructional leadership and support for educators. She previously served as Assistant Commissioner of Curriculum and Instruction for the Tennessee Department of Education and began her career as a seventh-grade math teacher in Louisiana.

💡 5 Things You’ll Learn in This Episode:

1. What 20 AI products look like in real classrooms.
2. Where AI is helping and hurting student learning.
3. Why schools should identify instructional needs before choosing technology.
4. How teachers shape the impact of AI tools.
5. What makes an AI product truly valuable for students.

✨ Episode Highlights:
[00:02:16] The AI in Action Learning Tour
[00:08:26] What AI looks like in real classrooms
[00:11:54] AI and better feedback for student writing
[00:14:11] Start with instructional needs, not products
[00:18:06] The teacher’s role in effective tech use
[00:22:21] Designing AI around learning outcomes
[00:26:49] Why educators should be edtech partners

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