Category Archives: FERPA

EDUCATION? NO, IT’S ABOUT DATA-MINING #stopcommoncore

Posted on May 11, 2014 by

WND - The Obama administration, shortly after taking control of the federal bureaucracy, changed student privacy laws so that government can track their progress from “cradle to career,” monitoring everything from math and reading skills to values, opinions and attitudes. … Continue reading →

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What privacy protections are there when states share data with the testing consortia or with the feds? #stopcommoncore

Posted on January 27, 2014 by

NYC Public School Parents - by Leonie Haimson, This year, the issue of student privacy and data sharing has become a huge issue throughout the nation, partly because of the uproar over inBloom Inc., but also as the US Department … Continue reading →

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FERPA is Worthless at Protecting Student Data #stopcommoncore #ccss

Posted on December 31, 2013 by

Truth in American Education - Louisiana education politics blogger Crazy Crawfish has a great article on FERPA entitled “FERPA Does Not Protect Student Privacy and Never Did.”  He explains how the law is outdated and how it has been gutted through U.S. … Continue reading →

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State Data Deal with Media Should Alarm You #stopcommoncore #ccss

Posted on December 26, 2013 by

Truth in American Education - Thanks to KUOW’s article, State Deal to Give Media Organizations Student Data Alarms Privacy Experts, the deal the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) made to provide the Seattle Times with individual teacher and student … Continue reading →

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NSA Privacy Concerns Apply to Education #commoncore #stopcommoncore

Posted on October 8, 2013 by

Heartlander - By Paul Kengor There’s an intense debate right now over Common Core, a major effort to implement national education standards in public schools nationwide. So far, these education goals and corresponding national tests have been adopted by 45 … Continue reading →

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Is there a connection between the Common Core and data privacy violations? #commoncore #stopcommoncore

Posted on October 5, 2013 by

NOTE:  Thank you Leonie for doing this research and then sharing it in such a clear and concise manner. New York Public School Parents - by Leonie Haimson, inBloom was sold to states and districts and still is being justified by … Continue reading →

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Common Core and the Federal Government’s Announcement of Intent to Track Students #commoncore #stopcommoncore

Posted on September 24, 2013 by

NOTE:  Please take the time to make public comment on this new regulation to track and data mine students. Missouri Education Watchdog - The Office and Management and Budget wants access to kindergarten (2010-11) data, data from this class in … Continue reading →

Posted in Data Collection, Federal Legislation, FERPA | 1 Comment

Problems with Data Privacy in Relation to Common Core Standards, The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act, and The Education Sciences Reform Act #commoncore #stopcommoncore

Posted on September 16, 2013 by

Karen R. Effrem, MD President – Education Liberty Watch The type and amount of personal, family, and non-academic data collected by the schools, reported in state longitudinal databases and used for research by the federal government was stimulated by the … Continue reading →

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THE MOST DANGEROUS DOMESTIC SPYING PROGRAM IS COMMON CORE #commoncore #stopcommoncore

Posted on September 6, 2013 by

Ben Swann - Earlier this year, revelations about the Department of Justice spying on the Associated Press were quickly followed by revelations that the NSA was collecting phone data on all Verizon, and then all American cell phone, users.  Edward … Continue reading →

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Two of the three New York Dem candidates for mayor would fight against giving kids’ records to private companies #stopcommoncore

Posted on September 4, 2013 by

Daily News - At least two of the three leading Democratic mayoral candidates are set to nix plans for handing sensitive student data, including test scores and discipline records, to private companies. The move against the $100 million inBloom project … Continue reading →

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