Meredith Bouvier

Meredith Bouvier

Education Researcher · Computational Methods
EdTech Transparency & Accountability

About

I study what happens to children when schools hand them a device. That means documenting how platforms exploit the captive audience of the classroom — who profits, what data flows, and why the institutions responsible for oversight consistently fail to act. It also means asking what technology in schools could look like instead: tools that serve students' long-term development, that make space for offline and embodied learning, and that treat children as people rather than data points. I work on both sides of that question in equal measure.

My methods draw on computational social science, bibliometric analysis, survey research, and digital trace data. I work at the intersection of information policy, education, and platform governance, and I am particularly interested in surfacing the knowledge of those most affected — students, parents, and teachers — who are rarely consulted in the systems making decisions about their digital lives.

I am Chief Research Officer and Co-founder of the Classroom Tech Transparency Project, and I recently completed my PhD in Lifelong Learning (Minor in Comparative and International Education) at Penn State.

My background is non-linear in ways I consider an asset. I hold mathematics degrees from Duke University and Columbia Teachers College; before my doctoral training I taught mathematics to refugee and immigrant students in New York City, lived and taught abroad, and held research positions at the World Bank, UNESCO IIEP, OECD, and the Global Partnership for Education.

Outside of work, I swim competitively, bike across countries, and dig in the dirt with my two bilingual boys.

CV available upon request at merrybouv@proton.me.

Selected Publications

Some additional publications are listed on Google Scholar. For a full list including policy reports, working papers, and grey literature, request my CV at merrybouv@proton.me.

Current Projects

Classroom Tech Transparency Project (CTTP)

in beta

CTTP is a privacy-first research and tools organization giving parents and caregivers direct visibility into the technology used in their children's classrooms — what it surfaces, how it behaves, and what other families and educators are saying about it. Co-founded with parent advocate Joanna Houston, CTTP has attracted interest from multiple national news outlets ahead of its public launch.

  • ClickBelow(live) — uses Google Takeout exports, combined with school bell schedules, to surface the YouTube videos a child's account accessed during instructional time. Enables evidence-based conversations with teachers and schools about platform use and content exposure.
  • EdTech Concern Explorer (in development) — a searchable interface into a curated 10-year corpus of Reddit discourse (2014–2024) from parents, teachers, and students. Search by platform or concern type and read what real families, educators, and students are saying about technology in school.
  • What Parents & Teachers Report (live) — a participatory data platform built from CTTP's original survey research. Parents and educators can contribute their experiences and see how their responses compare to the growing aggregate — covering device time, content concerns, unauthorized AI use, and more.
  • FERPA Request Tracker (in development) — generates customized FERPA request letters naming specific EdTech platforms, tracks the legally required 45-day district response window, and sends follow-up and escalation letters automatically. Collects anonymized compliance outcomes to build the first national dataset on district FERPA response behavior.

Co-founded with Joanna Houston · classtechtransparency.org

Apprenti

prototype

An offline-first, AI-powered career exploration tool for students. Apprenti generates personalized, skill-based missions that connect classroom learning to real-world work — without tracking, without data collection, and without requiring school infrastructure. Designed as a privacy-preserving alternative to platform-dependent career readiness tools.

Independent research prototype

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