NBC News Top Stories | The revolt against i-Ready: Private equity-backed company faces parent, teacher and student fury by Tyler Kingkade

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The article details a growing backlash against i‑Ready, the private‑equity‑backed educational software used by nearly 14 million U.S. students, as parents, teachers, and students nationwide describe it as boring, time‑consuming, and ineffective. Critics argue the repetitive cartoon animations, mandatory voice‑overs, and “black‑box” assessments provide little insight for educators, waste up to 90 minutes of class time each week, and fail to improve test scores despite the program’s promise to identify struggling learners. Districts such as Los Angeles Unified have launched audits and faced protests, while some families opt their children out entirely. Curriculum Associates defends i‑Ready by citing internal research and modest revenue growth, but acknowledges mixed results and promises incremental product tweaks, even piloting an AI‑driven reading‑assessment feature. The controversy reflects broader concerns over excessive screen time and the accountability of ed‑tech companies whose impact on student achievement remains unproven.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/education/iready-school-software-faces-parent-teacher-student-fury-rcna342850

#i_Ready #CurriculumAssociates #privateequity #schoolboards #educationtechnology #KellySia

Frank Strong, co-founder of the Texas Freedom to Read Project, posted a long thread with updates in the many races for school board seats across his state over the weekend (start of the thread here: https://bsky.app/profile/frankstrong.bsky.social/post/3mkvua5t25c25 )

He put up a google document with updates, and context notes, here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gj-61CqFdvEPmqlgoO-0tpoKQIsuJ3638SaebjoqqxI/edit?tab=t.0

#USPolitics #SchoolBoards #Texas #Censorship #FreedomToRead

Delaware Business Times: First State Educate launches Delaware School Board Index. “The Delaware School Board Index … provides voters with standardized data on candidates’ backgrounds, priorities, and perspectives on governance across all 16 Delaware school districts, organized within a common framework that allows side-by-side comparison. The index does not endorse candidates or advocate […]