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Covering K-12 education across the country for @chalkbeat. alum: @freep @azcentral @Cronkite_ASU. laltavena at freepress.com. Skeeball machine queen.
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How the AI-enabled race for taxpayer money starts in a superintendent’s inbox

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By Lily Altavena 
| Monroe County (Sparta) Herald
Strange meetings keep appearing on Heidi Sipe’s Google calendar. The superintendent for the Umatilla School District in eastern Oregon never requested these meetings. But sales representatives selling education technology have found their way onto her calendar anyway. Sipe says it’s the latest tactic from education technology companies racing for her district’s business. Every week, Sipe roots through these unwanted invites and hundreds of other messages in her inbox from these companies.
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How the AI-enabled race for taxpayer money starts in a superintendent’s inbox

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By Lily Altavena 
| Benton County Enterprise
Posted 6/5/26 Chalkbeat reports that superintendents are overwhelmed by marketing emails from ed tech companies, complicating their search for quality tools amid tight budgets. This item is available in full to subscribers. E-mail Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
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How the AI-enabled race for taxpayer money starts in a superintendent’s inbox

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By Lily Altavena 
| KNSI-FM (St. Cloud, MN)
The superintendent for the Umatilla School District in eastern Oregon never requested these meetings. But sales representatives selling education technology have found their way onto her calendar anyway. Sipe says it’s the latest tactic from education technology companies racing for her district’s business. Every week, Sipe roots through these unwanted invites and hundreds of other messages in her inbox from these companies.
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