The Learning Curve: Part 4 - AI and the Future of Education -- Who Owns Your Child's Data? Inside the AI Ed-Tech Industrial Complex
About this episode
In the finale of The Learning Curve, JR and ARIA discuss the implications of AI in education and the ownership of children's data.
In the finale of The Learning Curve, JR and ARIA zoom out from individual classrooms to ask the questions no one in edtech wants to answer: Who builds the AI shaping our kids' education? Who funded it? And who gets left out? From the $348 billion global edtech market to the fine print of student data contracts that most districts never fully read — this episode maps the systems, incentives, and power structures determining what AI in education actually becomes. JR and ARIA examine...
People in this episode
Host: JR DeLaney
Guest: ARIA
Topics covered
- AI in education
- data privacy
- edtech industry
- student data
- future of education
Keywords
- AI
- education
- data ownership
- edtech
- student data
- privacy
- future of education
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: edtech, AI, global edtech market, student data contracts
More episodes of AI Innovations Unleashed
- AI in 5: Scaffolding in AI: Building Smarter Learners One Step at a Time (April 27, 2026)
- The Friday Download: Embrace the Bots, Ban the Phones: AI Literacy and Classroom Whiplash (April 24, 2026)
- AI in 5: The Hidden Workload Relief: How AI Preps the Classroom So Teachers Can Teach It (April 20, 2026)
- The Friday Download: AI Gold Rush, Sneaker Servers, and the Model Wars Heating Up (April 17, 2026)
- AI in 5: Raise AI-Smart Kids: The Family Literacy Skill That Outsmarts the Algorithm (April 13, 2026)
- The Friday Download: AI Broke the Pop Quiz (And Might Save Assessment) (April 10, 2026)
Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the AI Innovations Unleashed podcast page.