{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Education Talk Radio","title":"3,000 Tools Later, Schools Are Asking What Actually Works with Tracy Weeks","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1547,"description":"K–12 districts have accumulated access to thousands of digital tools, but many of those resources see little actual use. Dr. Tracy Weeks, Senior Director of Education Policy and Strategy at Instructure, joins Education Talk Radio to discuss why districts are taking a harder look at their edtech portfolios and asking which tools are actually worth keeping.\nThe conversation explores how tighter budgets and growing concerns about classroom screen time are pushing districts to examine cost, usage, instructional value, and evidence of impact. Tracy and David also discuss what schools should look for when evaluating technology, how AI is changing those decisions, and why experimentation still matters as districts work to determine where technology genuinely improves teaching and learning—and where it doesn't.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/lhFct3p7cLz985aUjfk_GxePDfF_IkoDGzx9SamWxxo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85N2Nl/ZDI4ZGExMWMzMDlk/YTJmYjE3YWFiYmIx/YzJkMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}