America’s Edge Pennsylvania, America’s Promise, American Enterprise Institute, “evidence-based” approaches, Bill Gates, Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation, education metrics, ESSA, Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking act, Hanover Provident Capital in Alexandria, VA, Harlem Children's Zone, health outcomes metrics, John and Laura Arnold Foundation, K12 Inc., Lamar Alexander, Michael Milken, Partnership for America’s Economic Success, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, Paul Tudor Jones, Pay for Success, Pennsylvania’s Pre-K Counts, Pew Charitable Trusts, Poverty, Pritzker, ReadyNation, Resolution Trust Corporation, Robert Dugger, financial policy analyst and venture capitalist, Sara Watson, social impact investing, Student-level data, The Brookings Institution, The New York State Early Childhood Advisory Council, the Robin Hood Foundation, Tudor Investment Corporation, Urban Institute, Virginia Early Childhood Education Foundation, Washington State Institute for Public Policy, workforce metric

Is Robert Dugger setting up Robin Hood to steal from the poor?

June 21, 2018 — 0 Comments

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Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Career Connected Learning, ESSA, Knowledgeworks, No Child Left Behind, North Dakota, North Dakota - ND 2186, OECD study in 2015, personalized learning, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Superintendent Kirsten Baesler, Ted Dintersmith, Tony Wagner, vocational training

School Transformation Double Talk Threatens Students and Teachers

June 18, 2018 — 0 Comments

1:1 device initiatives, ALEC, ALEC Innovation Schools and School Districts, Bill Gates, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, Education Reimagined, ESSA, Future Ready, gig economy, Great Plains Software, Greg Tehven, iNACOL, Ken Kay, Knowledgeworks, Learning Ecosystem, LRNG city, Marcus Lingenfelter, Mass Customized Learning (competency-based education), Microsoft, Most Likely To Succeed, North Dakota, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21), personalized learning, School ReTool, social impact investing, STEM, Strive Together, Susie Wise, Teach for America, Ted Dintersmith, Tom Vander Ark, Tony Wagner, Work-Based Learning

They’ve Got Trouble, Up There in North Dakota (Dintersmith Strikes Again)

May 29, 2018 — 0 Comments

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Career Pathways, College and Career Ready, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, digital badges, ESSA, gig economy, iNACOL, K-12 LinkedIn Data Badges, National Network of Business and Industry Associations, Pay for Success, Pearson, personalized learning, The Business Round Table

Competency Based Education (CBE) and ALEC Preparing Students for the Gig Economy

April 4, 2018 — 0 Comments

1:1 device initiatives, Algorithms, Amplify, AR/VR, augmented reality/virtual reality, Bill Gates / Gates Foundation, Boston Consulting Group, Carnegie Corporation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Chromebooks, Common App, Common Education Data Standards, Common Sense Media, Data Interoperable, Data Quality Campaign, Digital Promise, ed-fi alliance, EdSurge, ESSA, Europe - GDPR, Facebook, FERPA, Future of Privacy Forum, gamification, Getting Smart, Go365, Harvard Project Zero, Humanetech, IMS Global, InnovateEDU, International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), Jeff Bezos, K-12 LinkedIn Data Badges, McKinsey Global Institute, Microsoft, Microsoft OneNote, Minecraft Education, National PTA, Naviance, Oculus Rift, Open Education Resources, #GoOpen initiative, Pearson, personalized learning, Project Unicorn, Relay Graduate School, Scholar Snap, Smart Cities, The Dell Foundation, Tom Vander Ark, Truth About Tech, US Department of Education (USDOE), US Department of Labor-Workforce Data Quality Initiative

Data Unicorns? Tech Giants and US Dept of Ed Form Alliance to Leverage Student Data — Without Parent Consent.

March 15, 2018 — 2 Comments

Achieve Inc., American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), Digital Learning Now, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, iNACOL, Merit Pay/Performance Pay, National Governors Association (NGA), Nellie Mae Foundation, PARCC, Pay for Success, Pearson, Philanthrocapitalism, SBAC, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), social impact bonds, The Community Training and Assistance Center (CTAC), Value Added Measure, Wall Street, William Slotnik, World Bank - Global Education Reform

Step-by-step Privatization and Profit: ESSA Delivers Schools to Wall Street with a Bow on Top

March 13, 2018 — 2 Comments

American Institute for Research (AIR), Calvert Education, Competency Based Learning, Don Nielson, Educate Online, Education Industry Association (EIA), ESSA, Flex Academies, Joseph Olchefske, Middle College, Mosaica Education, Inc., Northgate Mall, Seattle Pubic Schools, Seattle Public School Board, Seattle Superintendent Dr. Nyland, Simon Youth Foundation, Social Emotional Learning SEL, Springboard Education in America, LLC, Superintendent Joseph Olchefske

Learning from Past Mistakes: Seattle Public School’s Greatest Superintendent Misses, Part 1: Joseph Olchefske

March 11, 2018 — 0 Comments

ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundaton, Carnegie Corporation, Competency Based Learning, Digital Learning Now, ESSA, iNACOL, Nellie Mae Foundation, Office of Technology at the U.S. Department of Education, Online Learning Pathways, Susan Patrick

ALEC, iNACOL, and Online Learning Pathways

January 20, 2018 — 0 Comments

ESSA, global finance, National Secure Database, Pay for Success, social impact bonds, Student Privacy

Gambling With Our Futures: Big Data, Global Finance and Digital Life

January 6, 2018 — 2 Comments

biocapitalism, Class Dojo, Common Core Standards, Competency Based Learning, corporate colonialism, data surveillance tactics, ESSA, High Stakes Testing, Lamar Alexander, Local Control, McKinsey Global Institute, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Social Emotional Learning SEL, social impact bonds

Biocapitalism, Corporate Colonialism & Education Policy

November 13, 2017 — 1 Comment

ESSA, NWEA MAP, Social Emotional Learning SEL

Social Emotional Data. The new Cash Cow in the Corporate Assessment Industry

October 22, 2017 — 5 Comments

CASEL, ESSA, MAP, NWEA MAP, Pay for Success, Reauthorization of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Social Emotional Learning SEL

The MAP Test can now monitor a child’s psyche, or so they think

September 30, 2017 — 6 Comments