Schools nationwide are facing teacher burnout and staffing shortages, leaving classrooms stretched thin.

But here in North Texas, a 19-year-old and an 11-year-old believe they may have found a solution — through artificial intelligence.

Nineteen-year-old Janak Panchal and 11-year-old Rishan Dutia have co-founded Co-Guide, an AI startup designed to support educators. Their product, Smart Classroom, is currently being tested at The Humanist Academy in Irving, a micro-school known for its experiential learning model where the two first met.

AI assistant aims to ease workload

"[Teachers are] overworked, stressed, and we demand so much from them," Panchal said. "On average, teachers will spend about ten hours a week just putting on YouTube videos or multimedia content, and that's if they're

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