2013 News clips
Parents Sue to Ensure de Blasio Stops All Pending School Co-Locations
DNAInfo.com by Serena Solomon
December 30, 2013
Mark-Viverito leads charter-halt suit
New York Post by Joe Tacapino
December 30, 2013
New York Battle Over inBloom, Data Privacy Heading to Court
Education Week by Michele Molnar
December 27, 2013
Exposing the education “reformers” big lie: Here’s how progressives – and our kids – beat the corporate establishment
Salon.com by Jeff Bryant
December 20, 2013
Report: NYC class sizes still too big, ten years after historic court ruling
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
December 19, 2013
Grading the Education Mayor
The Indypendent by Leonie Haimson
December 17, 2013
Tisch backs Regents for re-election
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
December 16, 2013
Report: Student data should be controlled by schools, not state
Elmira Star-Gazette by Gary Stern
December 16, 2013
Study: Student data not safe in cloud
Slate.com by Ariel Bogle
December 16, 2013
Obama Administration Fends Off Complains About Press Access
The Root by Richard Prince
December 14, 2013
Report: Student data should be controlled by schools, not state
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
December 13, 2013
Educators: Common Core report by senator falls short on changes
LoHud.com by Randi Weiner
December 12, 2013
De Blasio’s top pick turns down schools chancellor post
New York Post by Beth DeFalco
December 10, 2013
Ed critics seize on a Bill Gates connection
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
December 9, 2013
Educational Data Program Stirs Up Controversy in Upstate NY
The Jewish Voice by Marc Cohen
December 4, 2013
InBloom says data is secure; NSA said the same thing
Valley Stream Herald by Howard Schwach
December 3, 2013
Legislative-Advocacy Group’s Model Bill Tackles Privacy of Student Data
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
December 3, 2013
Bill de Blasio changes mind on public input into schools chancellor decision
New York Daily News by Erin Durkin and Ben Chapman
December 3, 2013
Common Core: N.Y. has begun uploading student data, ed commissioner tells schools (videos)
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
December 2, 2013
de Blasio says he won’t put chancellor finalists on ‘display’
Gotham Schools by Patrick Wall
December 2, 2013
Parents group shoots down school rezoning plan in midwestern Queens
New York Daily News by Clare Trapasso
November 27, 2013
CPS will use state-run data program, not controversial inBloom storehouse
Chicago Sun-Times by Becky Schlikerman
November 26, 2013
Parent Opposition Slims Student Data Collection
Heartland News by Evelyn B. Stacey
November 22, 2013
Parent-Teacher Conferences Limited to 3 Minutes at Big Middle Schools
DNA Info by Leslie Albrecht
November 21, 2013
NYC class sizes increase for sixth year in a row despite law requiring reduction
New York Amsterdam News by Leonie Haimson
November 21, 2013
King Faces Bipartisan Grilling Over Student Privacy Concerns
WNYC Schoolbook by Karen Dewitt
November 20, 2013
Average class size increases at NYC schools: report
Metro by Laura Shin
November 19, 2013
New York City class sizes average 25 children after growing six years
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
November 18, 2013
Schools, parents battle Albany on Common Core
Times Herald-Record by Pauline Liu
November 18, 2013
Parents Against Student Data-Mining Notch Victory in Colorado
The Blaze by Liz Klimas
November 15, 2013
More Lower Hudson school districts forfeit Race to the Top funds over student data
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
November 14, 2013
Parents get hearing date but no injunction in data-privacy suit
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 14, 2013
Senate education chair sees ‘potential’ for a data-privacy law
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 13, 2013
NY Parents Sue State to Halt Children’s Data Giveaway
Epoch Times by Petr Svab
November 14, 2013
State education leader calls data collection tied to Common Core crucial
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
November 13, 2013
NYC Parents File Lawsuit to Block State from Sharing Student Data
NBC New York
November 13, 2013
Parents’ suit aims to stop state’s education cloud data plan
Long Island Newsday by Chau Lam
November 13, 2013
Parents sue NY over student data-sharing system
Wall Street Journal/Associated Press
November 13, 2013
Lawsuit Filed in New York to Halt inBloom Program
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
November 13, 2013
NYC parents file lawsuit over student privacy
Times Herald-Record by Pauline Liu
November 13, 2013
New York City parents sue state over data-privacy concerns
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 13, 2013
Parents set to sue over student privacy
Politico by Stephanie Simon
November 13, 2013
NYC parents file suit against state Ed. Dept. over student data collection
Poughkeepsie Journal by Gary Stern
November 13, 2013
Common Core forum: Legislators want complaints from parents, educators
Poughkeepsie Journal by Nina Schutzman
November 13, 2013
NYC parents plan suit Wednesday to block state from sharing kids’ data with private firms
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
November 13, 2013
Bill de Blasio Faces Difficult Selection of School Chancellor
STNN.CC (in Chinese)
November 12, 2013
Bill de Blasio faces big test in picking next schools Chancellor
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan and Ben Chapman
November 10, 2013
Two weeks later, state plans Common Core meetings in New York City
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
October 31, 2013
Community-based organizations protest State Board of Education implementing new projects
Epoch Times (in Chinese) by Wong Yee Lan
October 31, 2013
Schools expansion plan would create a cram session: group
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman
October 21, 2013
How NOT to argue with parents about Common Core
Michelle Malkin
October 18, 2013
Education chief cancels forums, charging ‘special interest’ crowd manipulation
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
October 15, 2013
Proposal to Co-locate Two New Schools Uptown Generates Heated Discussion
The Uptowner by Chen Wu
October 9, 2013
Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data
New York Times by Natasha Singer
October 6, 2013
City schools have thousands of overcrowded classes, students sitting on floors or standing in doorways: union officials
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
September 26, 2013
UFT Report Says Numerous City Classrooms Are Overcrowded
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
September 26, 2013
President’s Race to the Top Deemed a Failure
Huffington Post Live moderated by Alyona Minkovski
September 24, 2013
New York City Democrats embrace full speed reverse on education reforms
Politico by Stephanie Simon
September 11, 2013
Inside News Corp’s $540 Million Bet on American Classrooms
Mashable.com by Travis Andrews
August 29, 2013
Growing Angst Among LI Teachers, Parents about Common Core
LongIsland.com by Vickie Moller
August 23, 2013
New York State Senate to hold hearings on testing, teacher evaluations, other education reforms
Syracuse.com by Paul Riede
August 8, 2013
Key flaw in market-based school reform: a misunderstanding of the civil rights struggle
Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
August 5, 2013
Senator Flanagan to Host Hearings on State Education Policies
NYSenate.gov by Senator John J. Flanagan
July 25, 2013
Top Ten problems facing education today
GIMBY by Brooks Hays
July 25, 2013
NYC Parent Sounds Alarm on Student Privacy
WNYC Schoolbook by Leonie Haimson
July 23, 2013
Does class size affect the learning process?
VOXXI by Global Post
July 9, 2013
Student and teacher privacy may be at risk, warns Potsdam blogger
North Country Now by Ann Martin Carvill
July 5, 2013
Close but no cigar for student privacy bills
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
June 27, 2013
Forum a little bit of a late bloomer?
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
June 20, 2013
Locals join Albany rally against testing, data collection
Press-Republican by Kim Smith Dedam
June 16, 2013
Bill protecting privacy rights of NY students passes Assembly committee
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
June 14, 2013
C4E Law on borough meetings upheld
New York Amsterdam News by Maryam Abdul-Aleem
June 13, 2013
The worm is turning
The Journal Gazette by Karen Francisco
June 9, 2013
Rally to send message to state: ‘Public education is important’
Utica Observer Dispatch by Keshia Clukey
June 7, 2013
Rain or shine, teachers from around the state mobilize for rally
GothamSchools by Geoff Decker
June 7, 2013
Amazon Cloud Servers Host Data on Millions of School Children
Infosecurity
June 3, 2013
How Schools Are Selling Your Children’s Privacy
RINF by Mick Meaney
June 2, 2013
Mayoral Candidates Debate Future of NYC Public Schools
The Indypendent by Leonie Haimson
May 31, 2013
Parents express inBloom concerns
The Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
May 30, 2013
Advocate: achievement gap widened under Bloomberg
The Riverdale Press
May 23, 2013
Advocates plan to protest $66 million tax break given to Hoboken publisher
The Jersey Journal by Charles Hack
May 21, 2013
Will the Data Warehouse Become Every Student and Teacher’s “Permanent Record”?
Education Week Teacher by Anthony Cody
May 20, 2013
City may drop testing agency Pearson over errors in gifted and talented scoring
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch
May 10, 2013
“No” to Testing: More and More City Parents Boycott Standardized Tests
School Stories by Nell Gluckman
May 7, 2013
Parents And Educators Wary Of Program
Times Newsweekly by Max Jaeger
May 2, 2013
Is the DOE hurting or helping students?
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
May 2, 2013
NYC Parents Raise Questions About InBloom
EdSurge by Elizabeth Woyke
April 30, 2013
Parents Grill Department of Education Over Private Student Data Cloud
Village Voice Blog by Sydney Brownstone
April 30, 2013
Parents outraged over NYC schools data sharing program
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
April 30, 2013
STUDENT DATA EXPOSED: Parents eye city plan to give individual student records to private biz
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
April 29, 2013
John White Withdraws Louisiana Student Data from inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
April 26, 2013
Education Data: Privacy Backlash Begins
InformationWeek by Ellis Booker
April 26, 2013
WBAI Radio: Education at the Crossroads
Hosted by Basir Mchawi: featuring Leonie Haimson, Diane Ravitch, Marjorie Stamberg and Charlie Brover (starts at 6:45)
April 25, 2013
Scarsdale PT Council Urges Parents to Fight the Release of Personal Student Data
Scarsdale 10583
April 22, 2013
Error by testing giant Pearson shuts 2,700 out of city’s gifted and talented programs
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman and Corrine Lestch
April 20, 2013
The Education of Michael Bloomberg
The Nation by Leonie Haimson and Diane Ravitch
April 17, 2013
Rochester school board member Willa Powell among parents rejecting tests
Rochester City Newspaper by Tim Louis Macaluso
April 12, 2013
Student-Staff Ratios at Falls School District and How They Compare
Menomonee Falls Patch by Carl Engelking
April 12, 2013
New technology worries Guilford County parents
Fox News 8 by Mitch Carr
April 9, 2013
Should Private-School Parents Protest Public-School Policies?
The Atlantic by Emily Richmond
April 5, 2013
Activist’s ‘Private’ Issue
Wall Street Journal Blog by Lisa Fleisher
April 3, 2013
Leonie Haimson exits public school parenting but not advocacy
GothamSchools by Geoff Decker
April 3, 2013
New York schools chancellor says Atlanta’s test scandal couldn’t happen here
Capital New York by Dana Rubinstein
April 2, 2013
Reducing class size is vital for success
Statesman Journal by Lisa Hughes
March 28, 2013
Outcry Over DOE’s Student Data Sharing Plan
Western Queens Gazette by Richard Gentilviso
March 27, 2013
Dept. of Ed.’s ‘trailer’ trash
New York Post by Yoav Gonen
March 26, 2013
Who is Stockpiling and Sharing Private Information About New York Students?
The Village Voice by Jason Lewis
March 22, 2013
Wednesday: CEC 21 Meets At IS 228 For Monthly Meeting
Besonhurst Bean News Blog by Erica Sherman
March 19, 2013
Privacy, big data and education: more about the inBloom databases
The Hechinger Report blog by Jill Barshay
March 18, 2013
Parents, Experts Blast New State Database of Private Student Info
NBC New York/ AP
March 15, 2013
Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell introduces bill to ban schools from sharing students’ personal data with private companies
New York Daily News by Tina Moore, Ben Chapman and Corinne Lestch
March 14, 2013
Parents Worry Over New Online Database of Student Information
Schoolbook/WNYC by Ilya Marritz
March 14, 2013
Company hired to manage student information
ABC Local (Channel 7) by Art McFarland
March 14, 2013
Officials join anti-data push, but Sheldon Silver sides with state
GothamSchools by Geoff Decker
March 14, 2014
Experts, Parents, Lawmakers Blast Database Providing Personal Student Information To Vendors
CBS New York/ AP
March 14, 2013
Student education data cloud inBloom puts sensitive information at risk, jeopardizes the lives of city and state students
New York Daily News Op-Ed by Leonie Haimson
March 14, 2013
New York parents furious at program, inBloom, that compiles private student information for companies that contract with it to create teaching tools
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch and Ben Chapman
March 13, 2013
Traveling Bus Exhibit Has Mayoral Hopefuls “Get On Board” With Education Reform
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
March 13, 2013
Lawsuit charges Ed Department with violating student privacy rights
The Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
March 13, 2013
InBloom program concerns some Jeffco Schools parents
The Denver Post by Karen Groves
March 13, 2013
Public School Parents and Advocates Protest Violation of Kids’ Privacy
Politics 365 by Maegan Ortiz
March 13, 2013
Queens parents council says no room for new charters in overcrowded District 24
New York Daily News by Clare Trapasso
March 11, 2013
Diane Ravitch Launches Network For Public Education; Closure News In Philadelphia, Chicago, New York — Ed Today
Huffington Post blog by Joy Resmovits
March 8, 2013
News Corp. Education Tablet: For The Love Of Learning?
NPR by David Folkenflik
March 8, 2013
Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare?
The Hechinger Report blog
March 6, 2013
CFE sues NYC schools
Capitol Confidential by Rick Karlin
March 5, 2013
Parents sue New York over alleged violations of state funding law Contract for Excellence
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch
March 5, 2013
K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents
Reuters by Stephanie Simon
March 3, 2013
Mike takes school ‘stand’
New York Post by David Seifman and Yoav Gonen
March 2, 2013
Analysis: The Politics of Teacher Testing
NBC New York by Gabe Pressman
February 27, 2013
The State of Education: Common Core
1030 KVOI AM The Voice hosted by Robin Wright
February 23, 2013
City laxes promotion standards in response to tough state tests
New York Post by Yoav Gonen
February 20, 2013
Building a Student Data Infrastructure: Privacy, Transparency and the Gates Foundation-Funded inBloom
Hack Education by Audrey Watters
February 10, 2013
Bloomberg Outlines Tight Education Budget
SchoolBook by Beth Fertig
January 29, 2013
Teachers flip for ‘flipped learning’ class model
Associated Press by Christina Hoag
January 27, 2013
The standardized testing debate: Effective or expired?
VOXXI by Hope Gillette
January 19, 2013
Failed Evaluation Talks Widely Denounced
Schoolbook by Patricia Willens
January 18, 2013
DTOE Talk Show Episode 2
DTOE Talk Show by Francesco Portelos
January 15, 2013
