Meredith Bouvier

Meredith Bouvier

Education Researcher · EdTech Accountability & Computational Methods

Founder of NET Lab, an independent EdTech accountability research lab.

About

I examine how digital platforms shape the lives of children in schools, and how the institutions responsible for governing those platforms — schools, regulators, and the research field itself — fail to hold them accountable. I work at the intersection of computational social science, information policy, and education, using bibliometric analysis, survey methods, and digital trace data to document governance failures and surface the knowledge of those most affected: students, parents, and teachers. The through-line is accountability: who is responsible, who is visible, and whose knowledge counts in the systems making decisions about children's digital lives.

I recently completed my PhD in Adult and Lifelong Learning (Minor in Comparative and International Education) at Penn State, where I also served as co-investigator on a study analyzing distance learning infrastructure across 235 rural Pennsylvania school districts.

I am the founder of NET Lab, Inc. (NonExploitative Tech Lab), a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to independent research on EdTech platform governance, open-source transparency tools, and community-accessible EdTech accountability resources.

My background is non-linear in ways I consider an epistemological asset. I hold a mathematics degree from Duke University and an M.A. in Mathematics Education from Columbia University Teachers College. I taught mathematics and physics to refugee and immigrant students in New York City, taught in Istanbul, and served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali. At various points before, during, and following my doctoral training, I held research positions at the World Bank, UNESCO IIEP, OECD, and the Global Partnership for Education, with a focus on education systems, teacher workforce policy, and EdTech across international contexts.

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

I am currently on the academic faculty job market for positions beginning fall 2026–2027. CV available upon request at merrybouv@proton.me.

Selected Publications

Additional publications including policy reports, working papers, and blog posts at UNESCO, the World Bank, OECD, and the Global Partnership for Education are available on Google Scholar.

Current Projects

Classroom Tech Transparency (CTT)

in beta

CTT is a web-based initiative 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. The project is co-founded with parent advocate Joanna Houston and has attracted interest from multiple national news outlets ahead of its public launch.

  • YouTube Classroom Tracker — uses Google Takeout and Google My Activity exports, combined with school bell schedules, to surface the YouTube videos a child's account accessed during instructional time. Enables informed conversations with teachers and schools about platform use and content exposure without relying on self-report or platform-provided metrics.
  • 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 themselves are saying about technology in school.

Co-founded with Joanna Houston · Website coming soon · GitHub

AI in Education: Global Competency Frameworks

in progress

Comparative computational analysis of national AI education policy documents across approximately 30 countries. Uses Claude API structured extraction to identify competency statements — what knowledge, skills, and dispositions frameworks actually require of students — followed by BERTopic thematic analysis and cross-country comparison.

With a distinguished professor of education policy, Penn State

Contact

Interested in research collaborations or EdTech accountability work? Reach out below.