Sarah and I were born in the year of Beyonce. We’re old enough to remember Oregon Trail as a reward for keeping our desks clean. The pitch for edtech then was that it would help kids learn faster, better, more affordably, and more humanely.
A generation later, edtech is the default mode of learning. Playing the Oregon Trail was like having a dessert at school. For my daughters, learning via software is almost the whole meal.
I have all kinds of concerns about the status quo. Now, a class action lawsuit against Curriculum Associates (maker of i-Ready software) raises a new one: data collection and student privacy.
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