Anthropic opens Claude for Teachers free to U.S. K-12 educators

Verified teachers get premium Claude, Cowork, teaching Skills, curriculum connectors and a free AI fluency course, with sign-ups open until June 30, 2027.

Claude for Teachers gives verified U.S. K-12 educators access to teaching Skills, Cowork and curriculum connectors including Learning Commons and Coteach. Image: Anthropic

Anthropic has introduced Claude for Teachers, a free version of Claude for verified K-12 educators in the United States, combining premium Claude capabilities, Cowork, teaching Skills and direct access to curriculum resources mapped to academic standards in all 50 states.

The product is available to individual educators once they are verified. Teachers who sign up by June 30, 2027 will receive a full year of access.

Claude for Teachers connects to Learning Commons, giving Claude access to academic standards across all 50 states, the smaller learning competencies beneath each standard and the order in which students typically learn them. Anthropic says the product also connects to curriculum resources including OpenSciEd and IM v.360 from Illustrative Mathematics.

The offer is aimed at teachers rather than students. Anthropic says Claude for Teachers is for educators only, consistent with Claude’s 18-and-over policy, and that a dedicated product for schools and districts is coming soon.

Drew Bent, who works in education and AI at Anthropic and co-founded Schoolhouse, shared the launch on LinkedIn, writing: “Today we’re launching Claude for Teachers, bringing the power of premium Claude and Cowork to every US teacher, for free.”

Claude connects to standards and curriculum

Claude for Teachers is built around lesson planning, differentiation, assessment review and classroom preparation.

Anthropic says teachers can ask Claude to draft lessons using widely used curricula mapped to their state’s standards, along with learning components and progressions beneath those standards. Teachers can then revise the plans and student-facing materials before using them in class.

Bent described the curriculum grounding writing: “Ask for a lesson on constructing linear functions and Claude pulls the standard, notes the misconceptions students typically hold, and builds the lesson around them.”

The product also includes teaching Skills co-developed with Learning Commons. Anthropic says those Skills are grounded in learning science and were designed around tasks teachers identified as important.

Claude for Teachers includes Claude Code and Cowork, allowing teachers to hand off tasks that continue in the background. Anthropic gives the example of a teacher sharing a folder containing a roster, diagnostics, attendance and notes so Claude can build a picture of where each student is, with the teacher controlling what data is shared.

The product can also schedule repeated tasks. Anthropic says a teacher could ask Claude to review exit tickets each school day at 4pm and adapt the next day’s plan based on what students mastered.

Nine education connectors available at launch

Claude for Teachers launches with nine education connectors across K-12 teaching, assessment, design, feedback and instructional support.

The connectors include ASSISTments, Brisk Teaching, Canva Education, Coteach, Diffit, Eedi, MagicSchool, Snorkl and TeachFX.

Anthropic says ASSISTments can generate auto-scored, standards-aligned math problems for practice and assessment. Brisk Teaching can create interactive student activities and standards-aligned lessons, while Canva Education can turn lesson materials into classroom-ready designs and interactive learning experiences.

Other connectors include Coteach for K-12 math diagrams, Diffit for adapting instructional materials, Eedi for diagnostic questions in English and Spanish, MagicSchool for classroom-ready instructional content, Snorkl for insights on classes and student progress, and TeachFX for instructional feedback grounded in classroom talk.

Anthropic says the teaching Skills were evaluated for rigor, pedagogical alignment and classroom usability, then refined through early feedback from classroom teachers, including teachers at Prospect Schools in Brooklyn.

The product also arrives with a new AI Fluency for K-12 Teachers course, co-created with Teach for America, and a train-the-trainer module co-created with the American Federation of Teachers. Anthropic says the guidance is model-agnostic, Creative Commons-licensed and focused on which classroom tasks AI is suited for and how to use it responsibly with students.

Privacy terms cover student data

Claude for Teachers data is not used for model training. Student information is covered by Anthropic’s K-12 Data Processing Addendum, which Anthropic says is written to comply with FERPA.

The company says it worked with the American Federation of Teachers on privacy practices linked to the product.

Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, says: “We've been working with Anthropic on a Gold Standard that sets out industry best practices for safety and privacy in K-12 education. It’s important that Anthropic is committing to these principles in their new Claude for Teachers — a tool designed by and for educators to assist them instructionally and hopefully give them more time for the human relationships at the heart of learning.”

Anthropic is also releasing public goods tied to the launch, including new connectors in Anthropic’s directory, an open-source repository of the teaching Skills, and a technical write-up on how the Skills were evaluated and how other education builders can use them.

The company says it will pilot an evaluation of Claude for Teachers in the Detroit Public Schools Community District, working with teachers to study the impact on educator well-being and practice. Anthropic says the work supports its partnership with the Gates Foundation to co-develop tools intended to improve educational outcomes for K-12 students.

Playlab will also support a national network of lab schools in implementing AI, with a focus on helping educators become builders of classroom AI tools.

Claude for Teachers is available now to verified individual K-12 educators in the U.S., with free full-year access for teachers who sign up by June 30, 2027. Districts interested in Claude can continue using Claude for Nonprofits while Anthropic prepares a dedicated schools and districts offering.