Bill Gates, CASEL and your student’s privacy
“What’s gotten in the way of education in the United States is a theory of social engineering that says there is ONE RIGHT WAY to proceed with growing up.”
John Taylor Gatto
CASEL’s mission is to gather personal information about students’ emotional behavior, and turn emotion into a standard to rank and measure children.
Cheri Kiesecker, Missouri Dog
In previous articles and posts, I have written about the next new thing in public education, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and the implications of it when financial enterprises and outside philanthropists get involved and steer it into our classrooms.
For information on the subject of Social Emotional Learning see How exactly did the Department of Defense end up in my child’s classroom?, The endgame of corporate reform in public school education: Part 1, What do Betsy DeVos and Seattle Public School’s IT Lead John Krull have in common?, The endgame of corporate reform in public school education, Part 2 : Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and the Federal Government, The Endgame of Corporate Reform, Part 3: Online Learning, Social, Emotional Learning and the Department of Defense and McD Happy Meal schools for all in Seattle with SPS IT Officer John Krull.
One of the engines in this drive to evaluate and track a child’s emotions and thoughts while using a computer is Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL).
In 2009, CASEL hosted a forum titled Social and Emotional Learning: Ready! Creating a National Initiative which described their plan to have Social Emotional Learning instituted within public education across the country.
CASEL began by attempting a collaboration with eight states on testing programs that would evaluate a student’s emotions using various methods. Eight states were proudly listed as being a part of this grand experiment, then seven were listed, then six and now Bill Gates, CASEL and your student’s privacy | Seattle Education: