Schools are becoming data collection systems.

Schools are becoming data collection systems. New research reveals that roughly 90 percent of commonly used educational apps transmit tracking data continuously, even when inactive, often through hidden third-party trackers. Students have no choice but to use these platforms for assignments, testing, and grading, making participation mandatory rather than optional. The data collected goes far beyond academics, capturing behavioral patterns, attention spans, interaction habits, and learning styles from early childhood. This information is then distributed across multiple entities, monetized, and analyzed in ways rarely disclosed to parents. Unlike voluntary participation in consumer apps, children are required to feed these systems daily, creating permanent behavioral profiles that follow them over time.