Privacy/inBloom newsclips & resources in other states
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Massachusetts:
Privacy bill seeks to protect students as data shifts to the cloud
The Lowell Sun by Colleen Quinn
June 27, 2013
CPS Executive Director Marilyn Segal on Student Privacy
Citizens for Public Schools
June 27, 2013
Come the Data Collectors
Valley Advocate by Maureen Turner
May 29, 2013
Tread carefully, if at all, in sharing student data
The Boston Globe by Lynne Souter
May 28, 2013
First-grader, or cloud-based data stream?
The Boston Globe Opinion by Joanna Weiss
May 26, 2013
Alerts raised over Mass. plan to manage student data
Boston Globe by Hiawatha Bray
May 14, 2013
Protect Massachusetts Students’ Privacy Webpage
Take Action!
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Worcester School Committee cool to slots parlor proposal
Worcester Telegram by Jacqueline Reis
April 25, 2013
CCFC’s Josh Golin Testifies Against Massachusetts’ and Gates Foundation’s InBloom Initiative
March 27, 2013
Advocates Say State Program Could Compromise Student Privacy
Go Local Worcester by Adam Joseph Drici
March 26, 2013
Letter from MA privacy and parent advocacy groups
February 7, 2013
Colorado:
In Colorado, a ‘Surreal’ Experience with inBloom and Angry Parents
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
March 4, 2014
inBloom Defeated in Colorado
The Inquisitr
November 26, 2013
Jeffco student data plans delayed
The Denver Post by Josie Klemaier
November 26, 2013
Parents Against Student Data-Mining Notch Victory in Colorado
The Blaze by Liz Klimas
November 15, 2013
CDE cuts its ties with inBloom data project
Education News Colorado by Todd Engdahl
November 13, 2013
Colorado District Pulls Out of inBloom
EdSurge
November 12, 2013
Morning Ed Scooplet: Gates Funded Database Loses Another Client
Politico by Stephanie Simon
November 8, 2013
Big news in fight against Common Core: InBloom-peddling Jefferson County CO superintendent resigns tonight; school board severs ties with inBloom
Michelle Malkin
November 7, 2013
School board votes to scrap inBloom
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
November 7, 2013
Jeffco Schools face different future with new school board
9News.com by Nelson Garcia
November 6, 2013
Concerns over inBloom aired at town hall
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
November 5, 2013
Colorado Moms Push Back on Data Mining and ‘Big Business’ Moving Forward in Schools
The Blaze by Liz Klimas
October 17, 2013
Jeffco Schools split on data storage
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
October 10, 2013
Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data
New York Times by Natasha Singer
October 6, 2013
Two view for District 2 school board seats
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
September 26, 2013
Compensation, inBloom focus of Jeffco schools board meeting
Jeffco Public Schools Examiner by Lisa Cook
September 26, 2013
Parents can opt out of system for storing student info
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
September 25, 2013
Jeffco to allow dashboard opt out
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
September 24, 2013
Stevenson discusses inBloom, school funding
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
September 4, 2013
Questions on inBloom aired at Jefferson County School Board meeting
The Denver Post by Karen Groves
August 29, 2013
Debate over storage system for student data continues
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
August 28, 2013
InBloom concerns need attention
Columbine Courier by Paula Noonan
August 28, 2013
inBloom debate blossoms
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
August 26, 2013
Jeffco debates using student data cloud system
NBC 9 News by Nelson Garcia
August 22, 2013
Classroom Dashboard Draws Questions From JeffCo Parents
CBS 4 News by Karen Leigh
August 21, 2013
Student research versus privacy concerns for software
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
August 20, 2013
Is InBloom Enthusiasm Inspired by Gates Grants?
Education Week by Anthony Cody
July 23, 2013
Colorado Education Association President Promotes inBloom – without the Facts
The Chalkface by Peggy Robertson
July 20, 2013
InBloom enables great teaching tools
Denver Post By Kerrie Dallman
July 18, 2013
JeffCo parent website www.schoolbelongstothechildren.org
JeffCo parent petition: http://shar.es/d2rWF
Parents assail schools’ plan for storing student data
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
May 24, 2013
Data fears aired before State Board
EdNews Colorado by Todd Enghdahl
May 16, 2013
School board worried IT program state picked risks Jeffco kid privacy
The Denver Post by Jordan Steffen
May 16, 2013
Colorado state board meeting archives
Study Session regarding inBloom Inc.
May 16, 2013
Student privacy concerns spark debate in Jefferson County
9NEWS by Will Ripley
May 14, 2013
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/chalkface/2013/05/12/at-the-chalk-face-progressive-edreform-talk
At the Chalk Face: Interview with Rachel Stickland from Colorado about the problems with inBloom and student privacy.
May 12, 2013
Common Core and national student database subject of community forum
The Examiner by Elizabeth Ackerman
April 26, 2013
Jeffco merging school IT programs; parents worry about kids’ security
Denver Post by Jordan Steffen
April 18, 2013
Jeffco Schools addresses concerns about inBloom
The Examiner by Lisa Cook
April 11, 2013
InBloom program concerns some Jeffco Schools parents
Denver Post by Karen Groves
March 13, 2013
Louisiana:
Bobby Jindal signs student privacy bill pushed by Common Core opponents
Nola.com by Julia O’Donoghue
June 24, 2014
Student Data: Private Property or Shared Resource?
WWNO 89.9 by Sue Lincoln
March 24, 2014
Parents seek statewide privacy act on student records
The Advocate by Robert Stewart
October 24, 2013
inBloom’s actual Dear John Letter to John White: (It’s not me, it’s you)
The Advocate by Will Sentell
August 19, 2013
Student data sparks controversy
The Advocate by Will Sentell
July 10, 2013
BESE to review student data storage and sharing
Associated Press by Melinda Deslatte
June 19, 2013
Sharing of student data to be monitored more closely by state board
NOLA.com by Sarah Tan
June 18, 2013
State removes student information from database
Monroe News Star by Barbara Leader
May 14, 2013
Holy Missing Documents, Batman! DOE has no record of inBloom agreement cancellation for student data ‘parking’
Louisiana Voice by Tomas Well
May 10, 2013
Jefferson Parish schools to participate in student data project
NOLA.com by Sarah Tan
May 9, 2013
Louisiana Ends Data-Storage Arrangement with inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
May 8, 2013
Protecting student data
Editorial: Monroe News Star
April 27, 2013
John White Withdraws Louisiana Student Data from inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
April 26, 2013
Privacy concerns prompt Louisiana education chief to pull student info from database
The Town Talk by Barbara Leader
April 21, 2013
Superintendent John White recalls student data stored with nonprofit inBloom
The Monroe News Star by Barbara Leader
April 19, 2013
Louisiana Petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-sharing-our-student-data/
Your Children For Sale . . . Sold!
Crazy Crawfish
March 28, 2013
DOE emails reveal secretive programs, ties to Gates, Rupert Murdoch and Fox News Network; agency in general disarray
Louisiana Voice
February 20, 2013
North Carolina:
INBLOOM OFF THE ROSE?
Politico by Libby A. Nelson
August 1, 2013
inBloom, Common Core, NC and your child’s data
Stop Common Core N.C. blog by N.C. Citizen
July 1, 2013
New technology worries Guilford County parents
Fox News 8 by Mitch Carr
April 9, 2013
Parents Chafe At National Student-Tracking Database
Carolina Journal by Karen McMahan
March 28, 2013
Georgia:
State Defends Common Core Model
Times Herald by Sarah Fay Campbell
June 5, 2013
Common Core opponent goes too far with claim about data collection
PolitiFact Georgia by Angela Bean
June 1, 2013
What’s the Deal with Privacy, Common Core, and the Feds in Georgia?
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
May 16, 2013
Ga. schools superintendent addresses concerns about a federal curriculum
Cherokee Tribune by Jon Gillooly
May 4, 2013
Illinois:
Data Privacy
More than a Score Chicago
Protect Student Privacy
Petition from the Center for a Commercial Free Childhood
Illinois Federation of Teachers Resolution #4 against inBloom and sharing of private student data without parental consent
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Petition on Data Privacy and inBloom
More than a Score Chicago
Bill would require parental approval for student data sharing
Herald-Review by TJ Fowler
February 27, 2014
Student data protections gain ground in House
Quad City Times by TJ Fowler
February 26, 2014
Chicago School System Decides Against Partnership with inBloom
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
November 27, 2013
CPS will use state-run data program, not controversial inBloom storehouse
Chicago Sun-Times by Becky Schlikerman
November 26, 2013
Parents concerned about privacy in new student-data storehouse
Chicago Sun-Times by Becky Schlikerman
November 19, 2013
Chicago Parents: Beware of inBloom
More Than a Score
November 14, 2013
Illinois State Legislature Letter to Julie Woesthoff about inBloom
November 13, 2013
Chicago Public Schools’ Response to PURE
November 8, 2013
WJBC Radio: Julie Woesthoff
More Than a Score/PURE
October 10, 2013
Threats to student privacy unite More than a Score with other parent and advocacy groups
ACLU of Illinois
October 10, 2013
Parents Want To Block CPS From Sharing Kids’ Records With National Database
CBS News Chicago
October 10, 2013
Press Release: Threats to student privacy unite MTAs with other parent and advocacy groups
More Than A Score
October 10, 2013
Bloomington Schools Leaders Talk Tech and Taxes
WGLT by Charlie Schlenker
October 3, 2013
Education Data Cloud Storage Initiative Raises Privacy Fears
WGLT by Charlie Schlenker
September 19, 2013
Kids feast on technology challenges
Bloomington Paragraph (Il.) by Phyllis Coulter
July 22, 2013
List of 35 districts in addition to Bloomington and Normal that plan to share data with inBloom starting Jan. 2014.
Timetable for inBloom’s development in Illinois.
For Illinois parent groups involved in this issue see:
PURE
Stop Common Core Illinois
