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Changes in federal funding are altering the landscape of education technology. The fourth annual State EdTech Trends Report highlights widespread concern among state education leaders regarding the responsible and sustainable integration of AI and how this might be effectuated with less funding from the federal government. This is made more complex as AI continues to power forward in its common use and perspectives on proper guardrails around the technology are still in flux from a policy standpoint. Reductions in funding will call for states to lean into collaborative efforts with ed-tech vendors as well as other state leaders in education technology to signal best practices.
“AI is going to be one of those transformative technologies like the internet,” SETDA executive director Julia Fallon told EdWeek Market Brief in an interview. “It’s forcing us to rethink what school is — what does assessment look like when you have an AI engine, or can we optimize the front office that would then free up dollars for teaching and learning?”
