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Microsoft Launches Copilot ‘Teach’ for Educators, Previews Student Agent and Academic Plan

The rollout signals a strategy to pair free classroom tools with institution‑level controls for responsible AI use.

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Overview

  • Teach begins rolling out today in the Microsoft 365 Copilot app at no extra cost for education customers, offering lesson planning, quiz and rubric drafting, content adjustments, and forthcoming LMS integration.
  • Study and Learn, an adaptive student agent, enters preview in November 2025 at no additional cost with activities such as flashcards, matching, fill‑in‑the‑blank, quizzes, and topic‑focused practice.
  • Copilot Chat is included with Microsoft 365 at no cost, now available in apps like Outlook and PowerPoint using GPT‑5 with enterprise protections, with LMS access slated for a December 2025 preview.
  • An academic Microsoft 365 Copilot plan launches in December 2025 at $18 per user per month for ages 13 and up, adding access to organizational data, Researcher and Analyst agents, Copilot Tuning, and the Copilot Control System.
  • Microsoft highlights reported time savings from early adopters, citing Brisbane Catholic Education at over nine hours saved weekly for participating educators and University of South Carolina users commonly reporting one to five hours saved.