When I began teaching at Cherokee Elementary in Highland, I never imagined that artificial intelligence (AI) would someday sit beside sharpened pencils and the everyday essentials on my desk as one of the tools I depend on daily. Yet here we are--and for me, AI has become indispensable.

A new report from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation shows why. Arkansas teachers who use AI regularly save an average of six hours each week, the equivalent of nearly six extra weeks over a school year. In a profession where time is a precious and limited resource, those hours matter.

I feel that difference every week. As a merit-pay recipient and an inaugural Arkansas Excellence in Teaching fellow, I love my work, but I'm also honest about the realities of teaching. Planning lessons, assessing stud

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