Parents of school aged students rightly have a lot of concerns these days. Teachers belong to unions that put children behind “power” Molesters run amok, often recycling from one district to another. Teaching standards are low, and in too many instances, expectations are even lower.
So when we read that those in charge of our children’s learning have developed an Education Data Model, we sit up and take notice.
Then we see that the website states the data gleaned from America’s children can be “used by educators, vendors, and researchers to understand the information required for teaching, learning, and administrative systems,” and the “hmm-m?” factor kicks in. Vendors and researchers? Administrative systems?
Take a scroll through the National Education Data Model early childhood, elementary or secondary educational program. Common Core Curriculum is the vehicle to put in place a database of student data.
Pajamas Media describes the data sets — which it says might be accurately described as a Brave New World. While not all of the information in these sets is currently mandatory, the level of detail being requested is unsettling.
The sets include such things as hair color, eye color, gestational age at birth (whether a child was premature or not), blood type, blood test results, birth marks, and even bus stop arrival time.
Obama’s Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and the Department of Education — already ensnared by allegations of insider trading — appear to be maneuvering for greater federal influence over state education boards. Chris Field writing for Townhall lists Arne Duncan as Dangerous Liberal #22 on his list of the 50 most dangerous liberals in America. No surprise that Number One is George Soros.
Read the disturbing PJM report here.
Is it any wonder home schooling is gaining in popularity or that alternative schooling options such as charter schools have so many advocates? Arizona was an innovating pioneer with charter schools. We now among the states that have a burgeoning enrollment with high parental satisfaction levels and students who are excelling.
This is exceedingly creepy. Fortunately our children are no longer in ‘government schools’ (perfect description you gave to what used to be known as public schools.) I worry about the ones who are still subject to the dictates of Arne Duncan and having messages from Big Brother Obama piped into the classrooms.
For real enlightenment, try reading the revisionist history being fed to our American school children in public schools. The textbooks must be written by the Democrat party in conjunction with the ChiComs.
But doesn’t seeingred support the bill in the AZ state legislature to do id card checks and registries of all students to ensure they are legal?
Do you believe that the data gathering mentioned in this article and national id data file checks for “legalness” are unrelated?
LOL
Both are tracked using the same unique identifiers.
That’s quite a stretch, even for you, Another LD11 PC. Taking DNA samples from American school children is miles apart from ascertaining the legal status of costly foreign nationals who have broken our laws entering the U.S. and require ESL classes, in addition to countless taxpayer subsidized benefits. I’m not up for this invasion, nor is anyone I know. It’s past time for them to go home!
Actually no. DNA samples are taken by the government ALREADY from every single baby that is born in a hospital.
CHECK YOUR FACTS.
The databases are all linked by unique identifiers. THE SAME unique identifiers that SB1070 exchanges with Homeland Security from your drivers license datafile, so the state can determine that ” you are supposed to be here”, so they can then determine who is NOT supposed to be here.
It’s the same unique identifiers, the same ids, and the same databases that are integrated and capturing the data.
Honestly, you’re a dupe and still think that government is the solution.
It’s not. It’s the problem.
I should note that all of your favorite “conservatives” down at the legislature ALL SUPPORT the collection of DNA from every single CITIZEN newborn that is ocurring TODAY.
Hmm… wonder what THATS for?
Although I know my privacy advocate sister in Colorado will balk at reading about these incredible intrusions, she is a democrat and voted for Obama. I’m sending her the link to the post. She will either thank me or not, but at least she’ll be informed. Her children are school age.