The real value of this article is the overview of research on K–12 procurement and adoption in the U.S. though the point is to discuss how AI informs, and AI procurement is informed by, this process. The in point (as I read it) is that it's hard for districts to get credible evidence from sources they trust to inform their decisions. The most trusted sources are reviews and recommendations from other districts, scientific research publications, and product reviews from blogs and forums. The risk is that depending on AI here reinforces weaknesses in the evidence they are using by altering it or substituting for it. "Foundational fixes stand to have a ripple effect that improve procurement outcomes: making formal evidence easier to access and trust, reducing certification clutter to clarify quality signals, building student voices directly into the EdTech evidence base, and establishing the guidance that teachers still lack."
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