tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post656917975483220622..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Frontline: Your Large Brotherly Data ServicePeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-7193457838563254482017-03-12T19:53:47.013-04:002017-03-12T19:53:47.013-04:00A biggie at the Center for Research and Reform in ...A biggie at the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, is Steven Ross, Evaluation Director. Right before inBloom collapsed, Ross was quoted in the Wall St Journal saying that at data-sharing was the only way to improve schools, as “using data to help tailor education to individuals will drive learning in the future. ‘Most of us in research and education policy think that for today's and tomorrow's generation of kids, it's probably the only way.’”<br /><br />Unreported was that Ross’s Center had recently received a large grant from the Gates Foundation “to promote specific improvements in the purchasing practices of K-12 school district buyers as they seek to implement innovative digital technology products and services.” For more on this see https://nycpublicschoolparents.blogspot.com/2016/01/part-iv-of-inbloom-saga-through-foiled.htmlLeonie Haimsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317355552298136811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-80055490458486710112017-03-12T16:44:58.814-04:002017-03-12T16:44:58.814-04:00Aesop recently came to my school district and I th...Aesop recently came to my school district and I thought we weren't cutting edge. Is the Frontline corporate slogan "Data Mining Good - Data Mining Make us Rich?"Thomas Ulticanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347503503072251716noreply@blogger.com