Baltimore schools team up with OpenAI for teachers to use ChatGPT - CBS Baltimore
Baltimore schools team up with OpenAI for teachers to use ChatGPT - CBS Baltimore
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Baltimore schools team up with OpenAI for teachers to use ChatGPT
Bryan Lynn
Updated on: August 28, 2026 / 6:07 PM EDT
/ CBS Balt
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Local News
Baltimore schools team up with OpenAI for teachers to use ChatGPT
Bryan Lynn
Updated on: August 28, 2026 / 6:07 PM EDT
/ CBS Baltimore
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Baltimore City Public Schools has entered a partnership with OpenAI that permits the district's teachers to use the company's ChatGPT for Teachers product.
said in a statement
Thursday that Baltimore City Public Schools is one of the latest districts to join the partnership to explore the
use of the AI tool
in the classroom.
In a statement to CBS News Baltimore, a representative for Baltimore City Public Schools said the district is in the early stages of a partnership with OpenAI to explore ChatGPT for Teachers.
"This pilot, involving a limited number of staff and strict data privacy and security safeguards, will allow us to evaluate the platform's features and security measures. The information we gather will help us determine whether the platform is appropriate for broader use across City Schools."
In its announcement, OpenAI said it first introduced ChatGPT for Teachers to 150,000 teachers and staff across the United States in 2025.
"Our goal was to give educators a secure place to explore AI, understand where it is useful, and help shape how it should be used in education. Today, we are expanding this work to 55 additional school systems across 20 states, bringing
ChatGPT for Teachers
to over 100,000 more educators and staff," the announcement said.
OpenAI said some of the most valuable uses of ChatGPT for Teachers in the classroom are to help teachers adapt lesson plans, draft family communications, prepare substitute materials and move through administrative work faster. This is all designed to allow educators to provide more attention to their students.
OpenAI cites privacy safeguards
In an analysis conducted from Jan. 1 to July 16, educators sent more than 1.9 million messages related to time-saving tasks, the company said. They included 900,000 messages abou