Testimonies & Comments
On inBloom’s demise
Today’s announcement that inBloom is closing its doors will hopefully make government officials, corporations and foundations more aware that parental concerns cannot be ignored, and that they must stop foisting their “solutions” on our schools and classrooms with no attention given to the legitimate concerns of parents and their right to protect their children from […]
It’s apparently the end of the line for inBloom, but not our fight to protect student privacy
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 This morning, Stephanie Simon of Politico reports that indeed, after a long battle, the NY State Education Department has finally agreed to sever its relationship with inBloom and will ask them to delete all the student data already stored on its cloud. This was the clear intent of the state budget […]
Check out our inBloom timeline for the latest updates on protecting student data privacy in New York
May 5, 2011: the NY State Education Department sends a letter to the State Comptroller Di Napoli, asking him to approve a $27 million no-bid contract with Wireless Generation, to build the state’s student and teacher data system, required under Race to the Top. Wireless Gen built NYC’s data system, ARIS. June 8, 2011: Daily […]
Good News! NY State Ed will postpone uploading student names to inBloom until at least April!
Here are some news clips on the state’s decision to delay transferring any more data to inBloom until at least April, including student names and family contact info: LoHud News, EdWeek, and Capital NY. In case there’s any confusion about this, our efforts to permanently block the transfer of personally identifiable student data without parental […]
A new inBloom flyer to post in your schools!
Take a look at our most up to date one-page fact sheet about inBloom, inc. Here’s all the information you need to know and what you can do to take action.
Sign up for our annual Skinny Awards on June 12th!
You’re invited! Class Size Matters will hold our annual Skinny Awards on Wednesday, June 12th. You can sign up for the event here.
Take our 5-minute class size survey!
Talk out of School: WBAI Sunday at 7 PM EST or as a podcast
Talk out of School radio show and podcast airs Sunday night at 7 PM on WBAI 99.5 FM or online at www.wbai.org when Leonie Haimson and Daniel Alicea interview guests and discuss issues affecting public schools in NYC, the state level and nationally. You can stream or subscribe to the podcast here; or at iTunes, Spotify or Google.
Skinny award dinner honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman!
We held our annual Skinny award dinner Wed. June 28, 2023, honoring Rep. Jamaal Bowman, former Bronx principal and now a progressive trailblazer who is fighting in Congress to protect and improve our public schools. More photos on Facebook .
