Public Data for Private Gain?
At the end of last school year, news started to emerge about districts’ plans to share student and teacher performance data with a national network of data feeds and analytics called InBloom (formerly...
View ArticleinBloom, in the News
Privacy concerns are growing among parents, educators and some state officials about a Gates Foundation-funded project that is storing an unprecedented amount of personal information about millions of...
View ArticleSpying on Students
Diane Ravitch is calling attention again to InBloom, the cross-state entity that is creating a network of student learning data. She writes Parents and school districts are beginning to understand that...
View ArticleSon, You’re a Datum
Efforts in New York to feed student data to a profiteering non-profit is something we have discussed here before. Diane Ravitch found this video, that should make every parent pause and act. Read...
View ArticleParents in Louisiana Resist Student Data Feeds
This video of a mother testifying in Louisiana brings the realities of data privacy, real parent choice, and reckless reform fears to life. Thank you Sara Wood. Read the whole post here –>
View ArticleNYS Budget Feeds Pre-K, Tech, Charters
New York is poised to pass a budget that will fund Pre-K, technology upgrades, and charter school expansion. While it is heartening to see that the new budget acknowledges that Common Core testing...
View ArticleThe Real (and Hidden) Standards Movement
It’s all about data structures, information systems, feeds, and the like. While we might think of the standards movement as referring to academic and pedagogical standards, the reality is that there...
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