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Ask Alayna - Your Free AI Teaching Assistant for K-12

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The #1 Free AI Teaching Assistant for K-12 Teachers

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GradingPal – The #1 AI Essay Grader & Handwritten Grader for K-12

Grade 30+ handwritten essays, typed, or photographed assignments in minutes — with personalized, rubric-based feedback and deep class analytics.

The only AI grading tool trained on real student handwriting and U.S. K-12 standards. Consistent, bias-free scoring, actionable insights, and teacher-voiced feedback — all in one seamless platform.

Alayna – The Ultimate AI Tools for Teachers in K-12 Classrooms

Your all-in-one AI teaching assistant, lesson planner, curriculum designer, and grading partner - built by teachers to save you 15+ hours a week and put students first.

Trusted by top schools and districts using AI in Education400,000+ installs: Leading Teacher Edtech4.9/5 Rating: Top Innovative AI tools

Alayna's free AI tools for teachers prioritize research-backed pedagogy, educator tone, data privacy, and classroom safety - transforming AI in education into practical teacher workflow automation.

Why Choose Alayna AI?

Teachers Are Burning Out. Alayna Fixes It.

70% of K-12 teachers are overwhelmed by manual grading and planning (NEA 2025).
Alayna's AI grading tools for essays and worksheets, and instant lesson plan generator give you back 15+ hours a week - so you can teach again, not just survive.

Before Alayna

The daily struggle

  • 15+ hours/week on manual grading & planning
  • Evenings & weekends lost to lesson prep
  • One-size-fits-all lessons for 34 different readers
  • Generic, copy-paste student feedback
  • Data trapped in spreadsheets
  • Burnout. Exhaustion. Leaving the profession.

With Alayna

Your new reality

  • Save 15+ hours/week - every single week
  • Lesson plans in minutes, not hours
  • Instant differentiation for every student
  • Personalized, growth-focused feedback in seconds
  • Instant insights & reteach suggestions
  • Energy. Joy. Time for family and actual teaching.

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on AI for Lesson Planning

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Teachers Recommend Alayna

Top AI for Diverse Learners

Alayna AI Toolkit

The All-in-One AI Toolkit for K-12 Teachers

Free AI teaching assistant + three powerful apps that handle lesson planning, grading, presentations, and resource creation - everything you need in one place.

Core

AI Teaching Assistant

Your daily AI co-teacher: 50 specialized agents, classroom-safe images, file uploads, and instant Google exports - all free.

  • 50 specialized agents for lesson planning, differentiation, IEP goals & more
  • Classroom-safe image & diagram generator built-in
  • Upload student work or PDFs → instant feedback, reteaching, and exports
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App

Magic Materials

Create 20+ leveled resources, quizzes, flashcards, and scaffolds from any topic or PDF in one click

  • Instant differentiation (leveled texts, sentence frames, extensions)
  • Bloom's & DOK mapping built-in
  • 100% free forever – export to Docs, Forms, or PDF
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Slides Generator

AI Slides Generator for Teachers. Turn any topic, PDF, or YouTube video into beautiful, standards-aligned, ready-to-teach Google Slides in seconds.

  • 35+ educator-designed themes & 70+ K-12 layouts
  • Auto speaker notes + labeled diagrams & charts
  • One-click import from PDF, YouTube, or Drive
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GradingPal

AI Grading Tools for Teachers. Grade handwritten essays, worksheets, and quizzes in minutes with personalized, rubric-based feedback.

  • Reads real handwriting (OCR) – no scanning needed
  • Instant rubric scoring + actionable student feedback
  • Deep analytics dashboard & class insights
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Better Than ChatGPT for Teachers

Why Teachers are switching from ChatGPT and other generic AI education tools to Alayna

Generic AI like ChatGPT in education can't read handwriting, hallucinates standards, and gives unsafe images. Alayna's teacher AI assistant is built from the ground up for real K-12 classrooms - pedagogy-first, standards-aligned, and 100% classroom-safe.

FeatureAlaynaOthers (ChatGPT & generic tools)
Built exclusively for K-12 teachers
3 dedicated AI apps for educators
50 specialized teaching agents
Generates classroom-ready Google Slides
Grades real handwritten student work
Bulk AI grading and feedback for all assignments
One click → 20+ ready-to-print leveled resources
Native Google Workspace integration
100% classroom-safe image generation
Always sounds like a real teacher
Deep analytics & instant student insights
Teacher Voices on AI for Teachers

50,000+ Teachers Trust Alayna: EdTech Startups 2025 Favorite

From AI tools for teacher burnout relief to seamless technology in schools, hear how Alayna transforms daily workflows.

"Alayna's AI lesson plan generator transformed my planning. Hours saved for student connections - best innovative teaching tool ever."

Sarah M.

5th Grade Teacher

Lincoln Elementary, CA

"GradingPal's automated grading software ended my weekends at the desk. Personalized feedback via AI feedback generator is game-changing."

Michael T.

High School English Teacher

Jefferson High, TX

"Differentiation for teachers made easy with leveled texts and scaffolds - perfect for my diverse classroom."

Jennifer L.

Special Education Teacher

Maple Grove Middle School, MN

"Alayna feels like a co-teacher: AI in teaching with real pedagogy, not generic chatgpt for teachers outputs."

David R.

7th Grade Science Teacher

Oak Valley Middle School, FL

"Slides Generator's AI presentation maker created a week's decks in an afternoon - top technology for education."

Amanda K.

History Teacher

Riverside Academy, NY

"As a new teacher, Alayna's free AI tools for teachers built my confidence with standards-aligned lesson AI. It helps me create materials that look like I've been teaching for years."

Chris P.

First-Year Math Teacher

Sunset Elementary, AZ

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Core AI teaching assistant + Magic Materials are 100% free forever. Slides Generator 14-day unlimited free trial. GradingPal – 6 months completely free for everyone

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