The Design Gap: Why “Good Enough” Consumer Tech Isn’t Good Enough for Schools

As AI and consumer platforms enter classrooms, the line between technology designed for engagement and technology designed for learning is blurring. This conversation explores that design gap — how learning science, procurement, and policy shape what actually reaches students, and how rapid evidence and outcomes-based contracting can help schools distinguish between tools that make answers easier and tools that make thinking deeper. The focus isn’t whether tech belongs in schools, but what quality looks like when learning, not engagement, is the goal.

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