Algorithmic Technology and Knowledge Divestment in American Education

FAIN: DOC-305643-25

Georgetown University (Washington, DC 20057-0001)
Emily Tucker (Project Director: September 2024 to present)
Antón Barba-Kay (Co Project Director: September 2024 to present)

A collaborative research project examining the use of proprietary algorithmic educational technology in US classrooms and consider what it means for student learning.

This project will investigate the data-intensive algorithmic tools being deployed within education in the United States in order to understand how dependencies on corporate owned “artificial intelligence” systems are changing the philosophy and political economy of education, and what impact this is having on the pedagogical principles of American educational institutions.