Waiting for Judge’s Ruling US Dept. of Education Collecting and Sharing Your Child’s Information Without Your Consent

From EAGJudge’s ruling in student privacy case will impact school data sharing and Common Core implementation By Ben VeldermanEAGnews.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – A month after appearing in a federal district court, privacy advocates are still awaiting a judge’s ruling as to whether or not the U.S. Department of Education overstepped its bounds in late 2011…

3 Trends Connect NSA Snooping and Common Core Testing

An excellent article by Matt Sanders at the DNews. Here’s a clip.“A bit of context might be helpful. The USOE contracted with DC based social research firm American Institutes for Research (AIR) to develop and host the Utah Common Core assessments that track student data and performance. AIR’s stated mission is, “to conduct and apply the best…

Kristi Noem’s Signature Missing from Rep. Luetekmeyer’s Letter to Arne Duncan

A few weeks ago, we shared with you a letter from Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer, (MO) to Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education.  In this letter he expresses serious concerns with the manner in which the US Department of Education has involved itself with Common Core standards. The letter also notes the highly irregular process used to…