‘Basically a teacher online’: How an AI-powered chatbot guides both students and teachers in Allentown

Allentown sixth-graders are experimenting with an AI-powered chatbot that provides student feedback and helps teachers monitor progress.
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Allentown Schools Dive into AI With Chatbot, Summer Institute

Trexler Middle School teacher Richard Ares works Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026, with sixth graders Arron Souffront, Zoey Rodriguez and Alaisha Reyes on Allentown School District’s pilot program of ...

Kirk Burkley talks about his firm's big merger, beekeeping and lessons from his father (Personalities of Pittsburgh)

Kirk Burkley helped merge Bernstein-Burkley into Walter Haverfield on Feb. 1 and now leads the combined firm. The deal started years ago with a poolside conversation at a Las Vegas conference.