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I'm Megna Chakra-Bardi.

Every year, American schools spend anywhere

between $26 to $41 billion on education technology.

That was before the pandemic, according to the nonprofit ed tech evidence exchange.

So what we're talking about is the budget for your school-provided laptops and tablets, but also software and apps.

In fact, the e-learning market is expected to reach a whopping $170 billion by 2030,

according to the Market Research Store Research and Markets.

Education technology promises to assist in things like administrative tasks,

lesson teacher burden, even speed up assessments.

For students, the ed tech companies say their products will help kids and teens learn more and learn better.

But, of course, for every claim, we have to ask, is there evidence?

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