She closed the laptop. The hum of the lights seemed louder now, accusatory.
"My recommendation is that we do not buy 5,000 licenses. My recommendation is that we take the $87,000 we would have spent on this digital leash and instead invest in professional development for our teachers on actual, human-centric classroom management. Because the real review, the one that matters, isn't written on a website. It's written in the frustrated eyes of a student whose screen just went blank for no reason, and in the tired hands of an IT guy reformatting a hard drive for the third time this month."
She clicked the first tab. A 1-star review from a high school in Ohio.
She looked each board member in the eye.
She closed the laptop. The hum of the lights seemed louder now, accusatory.
"My recommendation is that we do not buy 5,000 licenses. My recommendation is that we take the $87,000 we would have spent on this digital leash and instead invest in professional development for our teachers on actual, human-centric classroom management. Because the real review, the one that matters, isn't written on a website. It's written in the frustrated eyes of a student whose screen just went blank for no reason, and in the tired hands of an IT guy reformatting a hard drive for the third time this month."
She clicked the first tab. A 1-star review from a high school in Ohio.
She looked each board member in the eye.