Natasha Singer's "Coding Kids" Examines Big Tech's Influence on Public Schools

Natasha Singer's book "Coding Kids" examines how private corporations influenced public schools, a phenomenon that set the stage for today's ed-tech backlash. The work tracks the bewitching of public education by private companies. It is reviewed in The New Yorker's "Progress Report" section. The review appears under the headline "What We Lost When Big Tech Took Over the Classroom." The book's subject is the corporate capture of public schooling. Singer is the author at the center of the work. The review frames the book as an account of how public schools were drawn in by private corporations. That history, according to the review, laid the groundwork for the current ed-tech backlash. The piece was published by The New Yorker at the URL https://www.newyorker.com/culture/progress-report/what-we-lost-when-big-tech-took-over-the-classroom. The review is part of the magazine's "Progress Report" culture coverage. It addresses the consequences of technology companies' expanding role in classrooms. The book's title is "Coding Kids." The review's headline is "What We Lost When Big Tech Took Over the Classroom." The subject matter is the intersection of public education and private technology corporations. The review presents the book as a history of how that relationship developed. It also positions the book as context for present-day criticism of education technology. The author of the book is Natasha Singer. The publication reviewing the book is The New Yorker.