According to The Hill and 9to5Mac, Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers on July 14, giving verified US K-12 educators free access to premium Claude features through June 2027. Anthropic says the package includes a library of teaching skills and a connection to evidence-based curricula mapped to academic standards in all 50 states. Educators who sign up by June 30, 2027 get a full year of access. The move lands as AI firms compete hard for the classroom, and it raises the familiar question of how much to lean on chatbots in schools. Worth watching: whether teachers adopt it for real lesson planning, and how districts handle student data and academic-integrity concerns.