📚 Education Jun 26, 2026 · Victor Rivero

EdTech Pretends to Be for Students. It’s Not.

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EdTech Pretends to Be for Students. It’s Not.
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As AI puts powerful tools into every student’s hands, the next chapter of edtech may belong to the learners helping build it.
GUEST COLUMN | by Tyler Maher

Long before humans built schools, humans gathered around fires. The fire was rare, expensive, and dangerous to keep alive. Whoever tended it held something the rest of the tribe needed, and the rest of the tribe stayed close. Every institution humans have built since runs on the same principle: a small group controls a scarce resource,

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