How Texas Helped a Private School Chain’s AI Tool Get Into Public School Classrooms

Texas education officials helped place a private company's AI teaching platform into public school districts after an elected board rejected the vendor's charter bid. Three districts launched pilot programs using the software for supplemental instruction despite poor test scores at other campuses. The move shows how state administrators can bypass formal board oversight to promote commercial software directly to local districts.

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