# Schools, datafication and the rise of EdTech ‘intermediaries’

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Podcast: [Education Technology Society](https://stenobird.com/podcast/education-technology-society-6407432)
Published: 2025-06-10T04:00:00+00:00
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Schools are increasingly reliant on data infrastructures and platforms – leading to the growing significance of various ‘intermediary actors’ now playing key roles in the governance of digital education. Sigrid Hartong (Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg) joins us to talk about this fast changing aspect of ed-tech. Accompanying reference >>> Hartong, S., Geiss, M. & Röhl, T. (2024). Intermediaries and the digital transformation of schooling: an introduction...

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