▲ The handbook
AI for Teachers.
AI is past the "everyone gets a chatbot" phase and into the boring, useful work — lesson plan iteration, differentiated instruction, parent-newsletter drafts you actually want to send. We list the ones that respect FERPA and student data, and we say so when they don't.
Featured for teachers.
Teachers
MagicSchool.
80+ AI tools, made for teachers.
We think MagicSchool is one of the more practical AI platforms for teachers because it is built around teacher workflows instead of generic chat. Public reviews and educator discussions consistently point to the same thing: it saves time on the boring parts of teaching. The main strength is breadth. Lesson plans, rubrics, differentiation, parent communication, and other school-specific templates are all there, which makes it a good starting point for teachers who want AI without building their own prompt library from scratch. The weakness is that it can still sound generic, and teachers still need to review, edit, and fact-check the output. There are also real policy and privacy concerns around student-facing use, so it works best when the district is comfortable with the guardrails. **Strengths**: Teacher-specific templates, time-saving for busywork, helpful for differentiation and classroom drafting. **Weaknesses**: Needs careful review, can feel generic, student-facing use raises policy and privacy concerns. **Final verdict**: We think MagicSchool looks genuinely useful for teachers who want a controlled AI assistant. It should stay a drafting helper, not a substitute for teacher judgment.
- Lesson plans
- Rubrics
- Differentiation
- Parent communication
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Diffit.
Differentiated reading materials for any classroom.
We think Diffit is a practical teacher tool for turning content into leveled classroom materials. The strongest public feedback is that it saves time when you need a reading passage, vocab list, and comprehension questions without building everything from scratch. The main strength is differentiation. You can paste in an article, topic, or source and get versions that are easier to read, plus supports for English learners and classroom use. That makes it especially useful for busy teachers who need a fast starting point. The weakness is that the output still needs teacher review. Public reviews and education writeups repeatedly note that some topics need more thorough resources and that it is not a full classroom platform with deep tracking or assessment workflows. **Strengths**: Good for leveled reading, quick classroom scaffolding, helpful for vocabulary and comprehension support. **Weaknesses**: Still needs teacher review, not a full LMS, some topics are less thorough than others. **Final verdict**: We think Diffit is genuinely useful for teachers who need fast differentiation help. It is a good drafting assistant for classroom content, but it should not replace a teacher's judgment.
- Leveled reading
- Vocabulary
- Comprehension questions
Key terms.
Full glossary →- Few-shot promptingShowing an AI a couple of worked examples in your prompt so it copies the pattern instead of guessing.
- Large language modelThe kind of AI — trained on vast amounts of text — that powers chatbots and writing assistants by predicting the next word.
- PromptThe instruction you give an AI — and the single biggest lever you have over the quality of what it gives back.
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