I Don’t Want a Learning Dashboard for My Child

Often debates about education are framed as non-tech versus AI approaches, but too often, AI ed tech just magnifies the same failures of traditional school. Against quantification As part of a select group of parents whose children homeschool in part with online resources, we met with an EdTech entrepreneur. Our children were already spending time daily on math apps, reading apps, and zoom calls. “I want a dashboard to track what my child is learning, their proficiencies in different areas,” one of the parents brainstormed. “I actively do not want that,” my husband Jeremy countered. Despite embracing the use of screens, we did not want to quantify our child. Our goals for her are more holistic. Outsiders may have expected that we would care more about quantification. Jeremy and I have both built our careers in data and machine learning.…