Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Department of Education Just Won The Data Jackpot

Missouri Education Watchdog: The Department of Education Just Won The Data Jackpot:

The Department of Education Just Won The Data Jackpot

Emmett McGroarty, executive director of the Preserve Innocence Initiative of the American Principles Project and Jane Robbins, a senior fellow with the APP, wrote a great opinion piece that was featured in today's New York Post regarding the new access the Federal Dept of Education just granted itself to a wide range of data about your children. We are including it here in its entirety for your convenience.
Would it bother you to know that the federal Centers for Disease Control had been shown your daughter’s health records to see how she responded to an STD/teen-pregnancy-prevention program? How about if the federal Department of Education and Department of Labor scrutinized your son’s academic performance to see if he should be “encouraged” to leave high school early to learn a trade? Would you think the government was intruding on your territory as a parent?
The government will have the ability to look at
any data they want to regarding your child.
Under regulations the Obama Department of