Education systems worldwide are rapidly adopting agentic AI tools to improve learning while facing new challenges. Anthropic launched Claude for Education, featuring a Learning Mode that asks students questions instead of giving direct answers. This tool helps create study guides and research paper templates while preventing cheating.

Microsoft announced the AI Skills Fest, a 50-day global event starting in Australia to teach AI basics through free workshops. The program targets teachers and students, offering certificates in AI essentials and prompt engineering. This comes as schools struggle with AI literacy - 40% of workers need AI retraining according to World Economic Forum data.

Classroom experiments show mixed results. At University of Florida, professors use AI to grade simple assignments but require human-style exams for complex work. Zencoder released AI coding tutors that help fix errors in student programs but sometimes give wrong solutions.

Job market concerns grew as McKinsey reported an AI agent doing 20 days’ work in 2 days for project planning. A Dutch insurance company fired 15 workers after implementing AI email processors. However, UF computer engineering students like Christian Niebauer plan to switch to AI maintenance roles, believing humans will still need to oversee machines.

New security tools like Kong AI Gateway combat AI hallucinations in education by checking facts against databases. Microsoft’s Phishing Triage Agent helps schools detect fake emails targeting student accounts.

Ethical debates intensified after OpenAI proposed $20,000/month PhD-level research agents. Critics argue this could make education unequal, favoring rich schools. Teachers globally are creating rules about when students can use AI helpers.

As AI becomes classroom normal, experts stress the need for human-AI teamwork. “The goal isn’t replacement,” says UF professor Vincent Bindschaedler, “but creating better tools for human creativity”.