Public Good or Private Gain – the story behind the Corporate Education Reform Industry’s Data Mining Effort
[A long but extremely important read]
While most of the attention surrounding the Corporate Education Reform Industry has been on the implementation of the Common Core, the Common Core testing scheme, the inappropriate teacher evaluation systems and the privatization of public education via charter schools, one of the most disturbing elements of the effort to “transform” public education has been an associated program to create a massive database and corresponding data mining activities.
For additional background read the April 2015 Wait, What? Post – They have your child’s data and they aren’t afraid to use it. Connecticut parents who want to know more about this issue should follow the FB Page Student Data Privacy: A Voice for the Connecticut Children of P20 WIN
Called the P20 WIN (Preschool through Twenty and Workforce Information Network) in Connecticut and housed under the Board of Regents, the publicly funded program seems simple enough;
To improve education and employment opportunities for students, Connecticut needs a system that links data between agencies as students progress from early childhood into jobs and careers.
Connecticut’s Preschool through Twenty and Workforce Information Network (P20 WIN) provides a way for agencies to share and match data securely while protecting student, worker and employer privacy. Education and workforce leaders can then have information to make decisions for improving our students and the state.
However, the issues associated with control and use of the data makes the program much Public Good or Private Gain – the story behind the Corporate Education Reform Industry’s Data Mining Effort - Wait What?: