Big Data Means Kids' "Permanent Records" Might Never Be Erased October 24, 2013
It is the same thing with permanent electronic records of, say, a seventh graders' discipline problems. Sure, that data may help teachers better plan for disruptive kids and better structure a classroom curriculum. But will the permanence and shareability of student records negatively affect that child's future academic prospects years down the road? It's a more than fair query when, as the Times notes, many school districts have "no policies in place to govern who could see the information, how long it would be kept or whether it would be shared with the colleges to which students applied."
The higher education scenario is particularly harrowing and illustrative of the potential effects of digital permanent records. We know that college admissions offices (as well as scholarship funds) are keenly interested in the most minute details of prospective students' lives, to the point where a Kaplan survey found more than four out of five admissions officers evaluate students' social media presence. Not surprisingly, as electronic student data has proliferated with the help of technologies like inBloom's, higher education institutions have become obsessed with mining as much information about prospective students as possible, turning the admissions process into what the Chronicle of Higher Educationcalls "a 'Moneyball' approach to college."
What happens, then, when a middle school student gets a word like "perpetrator" or a phrase like "principal watch list" on their inBloom permanent record and—like an indelible mark on an electronic credit report—cannot get it expunged, even though it has absolutely nothing to do with who he is as a high school senior? Worse, what happens if that student doesn't even know that word or phrase is there on his record? Will that permanent record nonetheless be shared with colleges? Will that specific data point be run through an admissions officer's algorithm that uses it to negatively score the student's application? Will that data point then be the difference between a college acceptance letter and a rejection letter? http://www.blacklistednews.com.....29798/0/0/0/Y/M.html
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
That is something I always say ...back in the day they threatened that it would be on the PERMANENT RECORD, and of course there wasn't one, and yeah- NOW! THERE MOST CERTAINLY BE ONE!!! Every fart, every mistake, every misspeak, every time a kid called someone a name (God forbid is one of the really evil names that are really evil, and we know what those are) or chewed gum, or broke a rule (zero tolerance!) and a complete records of phone calls and correspondence... Lord. I am so glad I didn't grow up in these times.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
This Common Core, which our exalted Education Commissioner has arrogantly reminded us is "not going away", is all about keeping data on children, and I don't think people realize that information on schoolchildren includes information on their parents, as well. Our unelected education establishment signed us up for this without considering the wishes of parents or teachers. Now Mr. King (appropriate name), deigns to hold meetings for the little people to ask questions, but it is a done deal. The news media did not do enough to inform people about this. The federal government has no business pushing any agenda at all on the schools. Also, did anyone notice their local taxes going down? If the feds are taking over, shouldn't the payment for this system be federalized as well? You can attend one of the meetings, but bear in mind, the almighty commissioner has already sold New York's kids out for money, money we aren't benefitting from locally, as far as I can see. What I would like to know is how they know this is so great without testing it first with some of the schools that aren't doing so well.
For the parents who can............HOME SCHOOL!!!!!
Perhaps the time has come where adult children/families, move in with their parents...or visa versa....to save $$$ and help with the home schooling or the finances for private schooling......yes?
OR...........the parents have to be on top of EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of their kids public schooling and buck the system whenever needed. May I also suggest picking an attorney NOW....cause clearly someday in their kid's school years, they may just need one.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
The rest of us are paying for this, whether we have kids in school or not, and we will pay in the future. If Bill Gates is such an expert on education, why doesn't he set up a free private school here and there in some of the places where the schools are having the most problems? Oprah did that, somewhere in Africa. No, he won't do that, because he wants ALL the kids in government schools to learn what he thinks they should know, and if the kids flunk it is already the teachers' fault, but even if the kids don't learn math, they've been exposed to his social agenda.
through the kids to the parents....through the healthcare to the school...through the school to the drugs......through the drugs to the human drones whether they be criminals or cogs....fu(king brilliant.........and we call that LIVING??????? REALLY???!!!!
invading the human....shame shame shame.....this isn't evolution this is an invasion via 'THEORIES' on the part of some bureaucrat experts to keep the fu(king status quo.....
isn't anyone else sickened.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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