Harvard Graduate School of Education
AICommons
Sharing a learner-centered perspective for the AI era.
From the AI Commons
Faculty Research
Expert Learning in the Age of AI
Tina Grotzer, Next Level Lab
What does expertise look like when AI can do the routine work? New findings on how deep understanding develops — and what AI changes about that process.
How should learning science and human development influence the future of AI?
Our Work
What HGSE brings to the age of AI
AI is transforming education faster than the field can evaluate it. At HGSE, we bring decades of expertise in learning science, human development, pedagogy, and education policy to the questions that matter most.
Research
Our faculty are running randomized trials on AI tutoring systems, studying how expertise develops in the age of AI, and building frameworks for AI ethics in classrooms.
Practice
Our students and alumni are in the field — designing tools, shaping district policy, and working inside the organizations building the next generation of education AI.
Industry
We're in active conversation with education leads at OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google — ensuring the learning science perspective is in the room where education AI gets designed.
The AI Commons
A collective learning platform for the HGSE community
AI in education is evolving too fast for any individual to track alone. The AI Commons is how HGSE thinks together — a platform where students, faculty, and alumni share what they're learning, build on each other's work, and develop the collective expertise to engage with the field as it changes.
“What's one thing you tried with AI this semester that surprised you?”
Posted by David Dockterman · 47 responses
Priya Anand: “My 4th graders started questioning the AI's answers more than they questioned mine — that was the moment I realized something had shifted...”
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Affective Responses to AI Tutoring in Elementary Mathematics
arxiv.org · Added by Priya Anand
“What this paper gets right: affect isn't a soft variable. If students feel judged by an AI tutor, learning stops — full stop.”
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AI Discussion Facilitator
Priya Anand, Ed.M. '26 · March AI Hack
Real-time analysis of seminar discussions — surfaces tensions and perspective gaps as they happen. Built in 2 hours.
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The AI Commons is built by the HGSE community, for the HGSE community. Whether you're a prospective student, an alum, or an organization working on AI in education — there's a place for you here.
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