“Angry viral blogposts are maybe the only effective feedback mechanism parents or students have.”

Ryan Moulton, the iReady Rant Dad, commenting on Matthew Yglesias’s column on Ed Tech.

I feel that in my bones, that sense of powerlessness.

Funnily, everyone seems to feel it.

I spent the weekend editing a bunch of teacher commentary on iReady into a blog series, and teachers feel even more powerless to influence the iReady problem.

They believe that parent outcry or viral journalism (like Emily Hanford’s work) is the only thing that can rip tech out of schools.

It’s worth asking: why do so many key stakeholders feel so powerless?