tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post8490044981072128491..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: Fiction, Charter Fiction, and Damned LiesPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-34911144394523924212015-02-26T02:06:31.465-05:002015-02-26T02:06:31.465-05:00*advance learning, not advanced. Typo.*advance learning, not advanced. Typo.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-11977833037096807282015-02-25T07:39:41.955-05:002015-02-25T07:39:41.955-05:00Off topic, but I just read an article about how pa...Off topic, but I just read an article about how parents are fighting back against the "cradle to grave" data mining and legislators are talking about addressing it:<br /><br />https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/data-collection-at-schools-is-big-brother-111889795072.html<br /><br />Though I'm leery of the comments by the director of the "Future of Privacy Forum", a thinky tank supported entirely by companies like AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft, saying that "transparency is key" and that schools and tech and data companies need to "make sure parents and students understand why and how technology and data are being used to advanced learning". That's supposing that there is any legitimate use for what they're doing.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-61839503795012128152015-02-24T18:58:53.442-05:002015-02-24T18:58:53.442-05:00Amen.Amen.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.com