tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3329229239539077601..comments2024-03-29T02:41:52.718-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Education News Roundup (Student Data Privacy Edition)Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54414827772891830912013-12-07T11:19:40.089-08:002013-12-07T11:19:40.089-08:00No. I asked for that information some months ago ...No. I asked for that information some months ago and got nuttin' about the committee. There was <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/185533046/Community-based-organizations-with-access-to-student-records" rel="nofollow">this</a> incomplete documentation for CBOs accessing the source. As you can note by the info of a <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Forms/community%20partnerships/ADR%20Pilot%20Programs.pdf?sessionid=ddba7c724fb74a0ff69bedc4d5c8542a" rel="nofollow">"pilot program"</a> of institutional servicers, some of the same CBOs now no longer need to send a FERPA form home for parental notice and consent.<br /><br />In fact, I see my child's info is getting fed to the Y without my permission. What recourse do I have? Not allow her to participate in FEL activities? She will suffer for the inanities of grown-ups.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-84666475698564632352013-12-07T11:06:50.369-08:002013-12-07T11:06:50.369-08:00Ed News ... from NYC "City Journal"
Sol ...Ed News ... from NYC "City Journal"<br />Sol Stern writes<br />December 6 2013<br />======<br /><a rel="nofollow">Sol Stern:<br /><b>The Redemption of E. D. Hirsch</b></a><br /><i>How my kids’ progressive school helped teach me the value of a content-rich curriculum</i><br /><br />Many of the school’s teachers were trained at such citadels of progressive education as Columbia University’s Teachers College and the Bank Street College of Education, where they learned to repeat pleasant-sounding slogans like “teach the child, not the text” and were told that all children are “natural learners.” PS 87 had no coherent, grade-by-grade curriculum. Thus, my son’s third-grade teacher decided on his own to devote months of classroom time to a project on Japanese culture, which included building a Japanese garden.<br /><br />More disturbing was what PS 87’s principal said when I informed him of my conversation with my son and his classmates. “It’s important to learn about the Civil War,” he granted, “but it’s more important to learn how to learn about the Civil War. The state of knowledge is constantly changing, so we have to give children the tools to be able to research these things and, of course, to think critically.”<br /> ....<br />By now, tired of the self-serving rationalizations offered by the school principal, I was desperate for an independent explanation of what was happening in PS 87’s classrooms. <br /> ....[Hirsch's] <i>Cultural Literacy</i> became a surprise bestseller because many other parents were also asking questions about <b>who was responsible for <i>the lack of academic substance</i></b> in their children’s schools. Hirsch addressed these concerns near the beginning of the book: “<b>The unacceptable failure of our schools has occurred not because our teachers are inept but chiefly because they are compelled to teach a fragmented curriculum based on faulty education theories.</b>” This didn’t happen by chance or because of professional incompetence, according to Hirsch. Rather <b>it was intended, quite deliberately, by the schools of education.</b><br />======<br /><br />The NSF spent at least $100 million funding the production of reform math programs and millions more supporting those programs, which were based on faulty educational theories.<br /><br />To improve a system requires the intelligent application of relevant data..... unfortunately most Ed Schools make decisions based on Ideology rather than relevant data.<br /><br />The full article is very informative as to the reasons why "academic content" was and is not emphasized.<br /><br />Sol Stern recently wrote several interesting pieces in the City <br />Journal.<br /><br />-- Dan DempseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-16074518303570776682013-12-07T10:47:57.344-08:002013-12-07T10:47:57.344-08:00I am concerned about this. But I feel like most pa...I am concerned about this. But I feel like most parents at our school have no idea that this is a potential issue and that engagement is necessary.<br /><br />Thank you mirmac for the link to Accessing Student Data above. <br /><br />The page notes that:<br /><br />Seattle Public Schools (SPS) has a process in place to determine when a program or service can be considered an “institutional service” under FERPA. This determination is made on a case by case basis by an SPS cross- departmental committee that reviews submitted questionnaires on a monthly basis. The review team is comprised of: Teaching and Learning, Legal, Department of Technology Services, and School and Community Partnerships."<br /><br />Is the work of this cross-deparemental committee ever day lighted for parents? How do we know who is asking for access to data, who is given access, and who is denied, and the rationale for it?<br /><br />-Fedmomof2<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-79927734015464802432013-12-06T17:13:09.086-08:002013-12-06T17:13:09.086-08:00Based on the current state of things with respect ...Based on the current state of things with respect to data sharing in SPS, I say double the Internal Auditor staff and have those FTEs police the use of our kids' private information.<br /><br />Interestingly, the district feels it's "informing" parents by adding to webpage that is hard to find. One must got to the Community Partnership page and click <a href="http://www.seattleschools.org/modules/cms/pages.phtml?sessionid=&pageid=286364" rel="nofollow">Accessign Student Data</a>. What you will find is very interesting.<br /><br />I hope Melissa and Dora will provide more information for families.mirmac1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10183460709639638172noreply@blogger.com