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What we’re reading: March 20, 2026

The Education Gadfly
3.20.2026
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Matt Barnum examines the evidence spurring the ed-tech backlash, looking at research by Jared Cooney Horvath and others raising the alarm over Chromebooks and similar school-based technology. Matt isn’t completely sold, but concludes that schools have good reason to ask whether their tech investments are doing more harm than good. —Chalkbeat


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