You: What’s the 1️⃣ EdTech story that all should know ?Me: One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)You: Why ?Me: Many have heard of it, few know the details of it’s shocking failure & it is a great example of what I call:“The iceberg theory of EdTech”But its start was full of promise… pic.twitter.com/1bF2LenPJ6— Gaurav Singh (@gauravsingh961) September 16, 2021

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In tests, it detected black faces less than half the time

Proctored exams have a bias toward students from racial minorities and other disadvantaged groups.

It morally unjustifiable for tech companies to walk away from the pandemic with massive profits while schools are burdened with debt.

Francisca Rockey is passionate about expanding diversity, equity and inclusion in the geography field—and she says elevating Black stories and voices is key.

With remote learning now the norm, universities are using surveillance software to keep tabs on students who are not engaging with their studies

How schools use software to monitor pupils

As part of DFF's Digital Rights Around the World Series, we examine the case of the National Pupil Database in the UK.

Sally Collier to appear before education select committee over A-levels and GCSE results debacle. Use of algorithms disproportionately affected poorer and Black communities.

This report has been developed to provide context and understanding for why Black Geographers has emerged as a necessary intervention, and what disparities the organisation aims to address going forward. There is a lack of research aimed at black students within geography so we're creating our own and giving black students a platform to speak up and be heard.

Mapping a child's digital footprint across England's state education landscape. Policy recommendations for building a rights' respecting digital environment

A strategy for education providers and the technology industry to help improve and increase the effective use of technology in education.

'Demonstrator schools and colleges are a network of providers who have shown they can use technology effectively and have the capacity to help other schools and colleges to do the same.'

A body aimed at promoting the education technology sector, Edtech UK, launches in London. [Launch date 2015]

Startups are creating toys that teach robotics, games that help kids code and apps for teachers in an industry forecast to be worth £129bn by 2020 [ published 2017]

The EdTech R&D Programme has grant funded £420k to EdTech companies and will test improvements in partnership with 58 schools this academic year.

Nesta surveyed over 7000 teachers via Teacher Tapp to better understand the challenges that they have been facing over the COVID-19 crisis.

“That’s not a chip on my shoulder, it’s your foot on my neck.” Malcolm X’s words in 1962 have a prophetic feel today.