Overworked Teachers Struggle to Keep Up
Posted 6.8.20255 min read

Overworked Teachers Struggle to Keep Up

Norwegian teachers are drowning in paperwork while students struggle for adaptation. Research shows that 72% of teachers report that the opportunity to follow up on each individual student has worsened in recent years. The teaching profession appears to have become fragmented in a way that undermines teaching itself, as 7 out of 10 teachers report having received more work tasks in the last three years, and 3 out of 4 teachers spend more time on written documentation and reporting than before. Compared to the continuous efficiency improvements in other industries, the numbers suggest a lack of adoption of tools that actually work in the education sector.

The Paradox That Destroys Learning – A Growing Gap

Parallel to this, diversity in the student group has increased and students have increasingly different skill levels, interests, and challenges. The demand for individual adaptation has perhaps never been greater. Professor Thomas Nordahl has described adapted education as a core principle in Norwegian schools, but points out that many teachers lack both time and tools to realize this in practice. With a greater need for individual adaptation, as well as an increasingly overworked teaching profession, this is a problematic gap that continues to grow.

The importance of being able to adapt for one's students cannot be emphasized enough. Research from RAND Corporation shows that personalized instruction provides significantly better learning outcomes than standardized approaches. OECD also highlights adaptive systems as one of the most effective measures to reduce inequality and improve quality in the classroom. Furthermore, a longitudinal study from Stanford also shows that children with learning difficulties who had access to adapted reading instruction had a 42% higher probability of completing their education, mentioned in our post about adaptation.

AI as the Obvious Solution

AI is changing how we view education. Not just as something new and advanced, but as a concrete and practical tool to free up the teacher's time while simultaneously strengthening student learning. OECD points out that generative AI can help automate many of the tasks that today consume large parts of a teacher's work week, such as lesson planning, assessment, documentation, and production of teaching materials. This is not about replacing the teacher, but about strengthening their pedagogical role by letting technology handle mechanical time-wasting. When AI is used to adapt difficulty level, theme, and interests, more students can experience mastery, and fewer drop out.

Langory: AI That Puts Teachers and Students at the Center

By combining insights from leading research in AI technology, we at Langory have created a platform that addresses the core of the problem with overworked teachers and students who learn poorly. We offer a practical way to save teachers a lot of unnecessary time, while giving them the ability to adapt learning material for each individual student.

For example; where a teacher previously had to spend many hours identifying, finding, and adapting different learning materials for all their students at different levels, Langory automatically generates adapted stories for each student, with a single click. This means all students learn the same thing, but in their own way. The platform tracks progress, identifies challenges, and gives the teacher an overview of the entire class's development on one dashboard. This frees up hours each week that can be used for direct student contact, guidance, and the human follow-up that no AI can replace.

Langory finally makes it possible to offer genuine adapted education – not as an extra project for the teacher, but as an integrated part of teaching. The classroom of the future starts here.