School ed tech money mostly gets wasted. One state has a solution

Photo caption: A student works on a computer at Freedom Preparatory Academy on February 10, 2021 in Provo, Utah. Utah has devised a system for reducing ed tech spending waste. Photo credit: George Frey / Getty Images. Article by Steven Yoder. The Hechinger Report – October 16, 2023.

Last year, Brandi Pitts’ kindergarten students were struggling with a software program meant to help them with math. The tool was supposed to enable teachers to tailor their instruction to individual students’ learning needs, but even the kids who had strong math skills weren’t doing well. […]

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