The Hidden Work That Makes EdTech Work

In this episode we explore the hidden human work that makes educational technology actually work. We look at a working paper on Khan Academy use in government boarding schools in Uttar Pradesh, India, where schools with dedicated “lab-in-charges” saw much stronger student learning gains than schools that had access to the same technology without that support.Topics covered:What the Khan Academy “lab-in-charge” study foundWhy the same technology produced very different outcomes across schoolsThe organizational and relational work behind successful EdTech useLessons from a 2012 personalized reading platform study at Achievement FirstWhat the Khanmigo adoption story reveals about student engagementHow sophisticated AI can make old implementation gaps harder to seeSources:https://www.nber.org/papers/w34683https://carlhendrick.substack.com/p/the-monthly-dispatch-whats-new-in-a9a