Cleveland schools use AI to help boost state rankings [Video]

The school introduced Amira, an AI-powered reading assistant from Amira Learning, into the classroom. It’s designed to help students with fluency and comprehension.

It’s designed to be a resource for educators to prepare students for a world with Artificial Intelligence. That led 3News to see how local schools are incorporating AI in the learning process and how students are responding.

At Cleveland’s Louisa May Alcott school on the west side, staff and administrators applaud the introduction of Amira, an AI-powered reading assistant from Amira Learning designed to help students with fluency and comprehension.

STUDENTS HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH AI

“Their confidence has been built because they have that one-on-one interaction with Amira every day,” says Suzanne Head, a third-grade teacher at the school. “They have a relationship with her.”

The relationship is so engrained, Head refers to Amira as if she’s a real person.

“She is one of us,” Head says. “She’s teaching right along with me …