Schools are catching on to Big Tech’s playbook
THE SO WHAT
AI vendors offering “free” curriculum and tools to schools are seeding long-term platform lock-in under the banner of access and skills. Districts and edtech operators should treat these deals like any strategic vendor relationship—negotiate data use, switching costs, and curriculum control up front, not after classrooms are dependent.
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