TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dang, Hai-Anh H
        TI  - Making AI Tutoring Work for Poorer Schools
        PY  - 2026/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 19025
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp19025
        AB  - Generative AI can make schoolwork look better without making students better at it. AI tutors could reach families who cannot afford human tutors, but whether they narrow learning gaps depends on policy. Randomized trials in Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone show that AI-supported programs can raise learning measured without AI. Yet they do not isolate what works, and a large trial in rural China found no gain from AI personalization over non-personalized practice. This essay suggests that education systems, in Africa and beyond, judge complete programs rather than chatbots: by what students learn without AI, who benefits, and how they compare with feasible alternatives at full cost.
        KW  - AI tutoring
KW  - generative AI
KW  - learning
KW  - inequality
KW  - poorer countries
KW  - Africa
        ER  -