McGraw Hill CEO Philip Moyer on AI’s Impact in Education
THE SO WHAT
A legacy player with 100 million curriculum licenses and 7.5 million higher-ed students leaning into AI means the default education stack is shifting from static content to adaptive systems. If you sell into schools or universities, assume AI-native curriculum and assessment will be the expectation, not the pilot.
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