This article may feel scattered (at least it did for me). But I think the author was attempting to bring readers up to date. The main focus is an interview with San José State University education professor Roxana Marachi, who argues that "there has been a slow and steady capture of our educational systems by ed tech firms over the past two decades." Leading up to the interview author notes that Vista Equity Partners has been buying up educational software companies that have collectively amassed a trove of data about children, and that student data is used by colleges to target potential applicants (and perhaps pass over those from lower income or visible minority groups).
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