Can artificial intelligence help Johnny learn?

Jessica is a business and finance writer, focusing on impact investing, social entrepreneurship and economic development. She previously reported for financial publications covering the global private equity, real estate and insurance markets. "Quality education will always require active engagement by human teacher," write researchers from the Stanford One Hundred Study on Artificial Intelligence. But artificial intelligence will inform the teaching processes of the future as pressure builds on educators to "contain costs while serving a larger number of students and moving students through school more quickly." This week, ImpactAlpha is extracting nuggets from Stanford's century-long effort to understand AI's long-term possibilities and dangers.