13 de July de 2026
The Education Laboratory and the Artificial Intelligence Institute for Education (IA.Edu) have entered into a partnership to develop a joint agenda for applied research and collaboration focused on teacher training and improving the quality of public education with the support of technology.
The initiative seeks to contribute to strengthening basic education, with equity, by critically and responsibly exploring the role of technology as a shared lever for the work of both organizations. IA.Edu is part of the ecosystem of the Center of Excellence in Social Technologies (NEES) at the Federal University of Alagoas (Ufal) and is dedicated to applied research and the development of artificial intelligence-based resources to support pedagogical decision-making and the personalization of learning.
Labedu and NEES are developing a set of materials and tools capable of organizing and guiding the processes needed to transform learning contexts at the front line, considering a specific challenge: the development of reading comprehension throughout schooling.
In this context, the teams are working on a prototype teacher training assistant designed to support educators in planning activities that strengthen students’ reading comprehension. In addition, the tool may help map the complexity of texts read in the classroom and promote increasingly precise interventions, in order to support the monitoring and improvement of teaching and learning processes.
For Nicole Paulet, Labedu’s director, the collaboration with IA.Edu may contribute to shaping strategic uses of artificial intelligence in education, placing pedagogical intentionality at the center. “We believe technology can be an ally, as long as it is designed from pedagogical knowledge. A truly formative tool must go beyond delivering an activity plan. Our prototype seeks precisely to promote back-and-forth exchanges that support teachers’ decision-making and, based on records of classroom practice, serve as a link between formative processes and the experience where this knowledge is consolidated. This partnership invites us to think together about how technology can help expand the reach and quality of continuing professional development, always grounded in research and evidence,” says Nicole.
By bringing together technical expertise, applied research, and implementation experience, Labedu and IA.Edu seek to build pathways that connect innovation and pedagogical practice, highlighting the potential of partnerships between organizations and universities in producing knowledge that is relevant to the challenges of Brazilian education. The joint development of AI-optimized pedagogical materials also aims to strengthen initiatives in the Brazilian context, contributing to equity and innovation in the education sector of the Global South.
Alessandra Debone, CEO of IA.Edu, emphasized that the collaboration with Labedu reinforces the role of technology as an ally in building a fairer and more effective public education system. “By connecting research and pedagogical practice, we are able to test and refine artificial intelligence solutions that reach different teaching contexts. That is how we turn technology into concrete results for learning with equity. Our approach is grounded in applied research and the development of technologies designed for educational purposes, which enables us to generate evidence-based solutions focused on real impact in the classroom.”