India, July 15 -- Technology major Anthropic on Tuesday announced the launch of a new programme offering verified K-12 educators in the United States free access to premium Claude capabilities.

Named Claude for Teachers, the programme will provide educators with a library of teaching skills and direct access to evidence-based curricula mapped to academic standards across all 50 US states.

Explaining the rationale behind the initiative, Anthropic said decades of research have shown that practices such as differentiation, mastery-based learning and small-group instruction can improve student achievement. However, teachers often lack the time and resources needed to implement them effectively.

"Budgets are stretched, classes may be too la...