Over the past decade, school districts accumulated thousands of educational technology tools, often without clear evidence ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of learning, research, and technology. The annual Tools Competition is more than a showcase of new ...

GoGuardian Discover gives district leaders a unified view of tool usage, compliance risk, and spending across their ed tech tools. The platform monitors apps for privacy compliance, flags policy ...

Step into any school district today, and you’ll see it: a dizzying maze of educational technology tools. On average, districts access 2,739 distinct tools annually. Ed tech providers roll out flashy ...

Some educators say the ed-tech backlash overlooks useful developmental progress for students besides grades and test scores, ...

Black and brown students make up over half of U.S. K-12 students, yet many AI-driven ed-tech tools are not designed with their needs in mind, according to a yearslong project launched in 2020 by the ...

The platforms I once promoted could show you a dashboard of open rates and response times. What they couldn’t show you was whether a student felt heard—or safe enough to speak. I used to celebrate ...

Social-emotional learning (SEL) houses a variety of skills, all of which have always been embedded in the K–12 experience. As ...

There is no shortage of ed tech tools on the market today, from educational software to use in the classroom to productivity applications to make teachers’ lives a little easier. But as IT ...

If a tool does not improve learning, help teachers or advance a clear instructional goal, it does not belong in the classroom ...