Teachers are using artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning tools professionally. What about school psychologists? A new study published in School Psychology reveals how many U.S. school psychologists polled are using AI tools, as well as their views on its benefits, and potential areas of concern.

“This study provides empirical support for AI’s growing role in school psychology and is the first to document the use of AI amongst practitioners,” wrote corresponding author Ryan Farmer in collaboration with co-authors Adam Lockwood, Randy Floyd, and Alec Sisco in a preprint of the study.

The adoption rate of AI tools in the field of psychology overall is surprisingly fast. The number of psychologists who use AI significantly jumped from a minority 29% in 2024 to a majority, 56%, in 2025 according to surveys conducted by the American Psychological Association. This provides a clear trend of the increasing use of AI by psychologists in general.

Similarly, the use of AI is trending in education. AI is actively being used by teachers according to a 2,000-teacher survey conducted in April 2025 by Gallup and The Walton Family Foundation.........

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