US-based AI safety company 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 across all 50 states, as reported by Edtech Innovation Hub.

Teachers who sign up by 30 June 2027 will receive a full year of access. The product is available to individual educators once verified and is limited to those aged 18 and over, consistent with Anthropic's standard policy. A dedicated product for schools and districts is described as coming soon.

Claude for Teachers connects to Learning Commons, giving Claude access to academic standards, the learning competencies beneath each standard and student learning progressions across all 50 states. Curriculum resources available at launch include OpenSciEd and IM v.360 from Illustrative Mathematics.

Drew Bent, who works in education and AI at Anthropic and co-founded Schoolhouse, described the curriculum grounding on LinkedIn. "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," he said.

The product 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 individual student progress, with the teacher controlling what data is shared. Repeated tasks can also be scheduled, such as reviewing exit tickets each school day and adapting the following day's plan accordingly.

Claude for Teachers launches with nine education connectors spanning K-12 teaching, assessment, design, feedback and instructional support: ASSISTments, Brisk Teaching, Canva Education, Coteach, Diffit, Eedi, MagicSchool, Snorkl and TeachFX.

Accompanying the launch is 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, described as model-agnostic, Creative Commons-licensed and focused on responsible AI use with students.