February 12, 2026

LSE/online

Apps and AI are now part of everyday schooling: who are they really for? 

Homework platforms, learning apps, AI-driven assessments, classroom monitoring… Digital tools and AI are embedded in children’s school experience. 

While these technologies promise innovation, efficiency and personalisation, we must also urgently explore:

- children’s rights and wellbeing, what “good learning” actually looks like

- how decisions about classroom technologies are made

- and what it means to profit from compulsory schooling

At our upcoming public lecture, we will explore these topics by bringing together perspectives that are rarely in the same room: child rights advocates, investors shaping the learning technology market and academics.

Speakers: Dr Sandra El Gemayel, Jen Persson, Prof Julian Sefton-Green, Rhys Spence, Chair Sonia Livingstone

Public lecture, Thursday 12 Feb | 6:30-8pm (UTC) | in-person at LSE (with drinks reception) and online

Topic: EdTech at the crossroads of pedagogy vs profit

Register Here: https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/edtech

Hosted by the Digital Futures for Children centre, Department of Media and Communications at LSE & 5Rights