Technocratic Expansion of Education Data Systems Stirs Privacy Concerns
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What will it mean for every one of the nation's 50 million students to have a unique ID number, and be included in a national database that tracks every test they ever take? And teachers will get ID numbers as well, so the database can track the test performance of our students over our entire careers.
I have been exploring in recent weeks the way technocrats such as Bill Gates are redesigning our education system, with projects such as the Common Core (national) Standards. I also wrote about the Groupthink I believe is being fueled by the alliance of philanthropic dollars and government coercion. This week we learned of research the Gates Foundation is funding investigating the use of attention-monitoring devices in classrooms.
The core of the technocrats push to reshape education is the all-powerful DATA that they believe ought to be
What will it mean for every one of the nation's 50 million students to have a unique ID number, and be included in a national database that tracks every test they ever take? And teachers will get ID numbers as well, so the database can track the test performance of our students over our entire careers.
I have been exploring in recent weeks the way technocrats such as Bill Gates are redesigning our education system, with projects such as the Common Core (national) Standards. I also wrote about the Groupthink I believe is being fueled by the alliance of philanthropic dollars and government coercion. This week we learned of research the Gates Foundation is funding investigating the use of attention-monitoring devices in classrooms.
The core of the technocrats push to reshape education is the all-powerful DATA that they believe ought to be