Microsoft announced 'Microsoft Elevate for Educators,' a global community and credentialing effort to train teachers in AI literacy, joining other tech firms building educator ecosystems. The program offers self‑paced courses, live sessions and industry credentials aimed at helping schools integrate generative AI into instruction and professional development. At the same time, researchers and advocates warn that AI tools are accelerating faster in affluent K‑12 schools, risking an educational divide. Underresourced districts and rural schools lack the devices, infrastructure and teacher training to deploy AI equitably, raising concerns that new edtech could deepen existing socioeconomic gaps in opportunity and outcomes.