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Website Created by Gates Foundation Leaves Open Personal Data of Hundreds of Thousands of Students

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 30, 2020December 31, 2020

December 30, 2020December 31, 2020030

The Financial Times reported a major data breach of personally identifiable student data on a website funded by the Gates Foundation. Bill Gates, as we...

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Naomi Klein: Beware the Tech Billionaires and Their “Pandemic Shock Doctrine”

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 9, 2020November 26, 2020

May 9, 2020November 26, 2020027

Naomi Klein coined the iconic book Shock Doctrine, about the way that the powerful elites use emergencies to expand their power because of the crisis....

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Alan Singer: Massive Data Breach at Pearson

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7November 18, 2019November 26, 2020

November 18, 2019November 26, 2020021

Alan Singer writes her about the massive data breach at Pearson, which was covered up for nearly a year. He writes: “And you thought it...

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Bill & Melinda Gates Launch a Political Lobbying Organization to Wield Greater Influence

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7June 17, 2019November 26, 2020

June 17, 2019November 26, 2020025

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gates apparently feel they are not winning enough battles in the court of public opinion, so they have created a...

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Peter Greene: Data Analytics Firm Knewton Bites the Dust

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7May 10, 2019November 26, 2020

May 10, 2019November 26, 2020027

Well, here is a nice development for those of us who object to depersonalized learning. The data analytics firm called Knewton is going out of...

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You Are Invited to a Webinar on Protecting Student and Educator Privacy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 7, 2019November 26, 2020

January 7, 2019November 26, 2020020

Please join this free webinar on protecting your privacy and the privacy of students. SIGN UP FOR OUR FREE JAN. 20 WEBINAR ON HOW EDUCATORS...

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New York: Dear Board of Regents, Please Say NO to the Gates Grant!

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7January 3, 2019November 26, 2020

January 3, 2019November 26, 2020020

The New York State Allies of Parents and Education issued this “action alert”: Dear Allies, URGENT – PLEASE TAKE ACTION and DEMAND the Board of...

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Larry Cuban: Does Technological Monitoring Invade Student Privacy?

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7December 3, 2018November 26, 2020

December 3, 2018November 26, 2020019

Larry Cuban was asked this question by a reporter. His answer was no, because part of the job of a teacher is to conduct surveillance...

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Teachers: Please Help Protect Your Students’ Privacy

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7March 8, 2018December 6, 2020

March 8, 2018December 6, 2020017

Take this short survey. The Badass Teachers and the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy are working on a Teacher Privacy Toolkit and would like educators...

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Parents Across America: A Detailed Critique of the Dangers of Screen Time for Young Children

V4tgDpeDBhQGUBa7February 26, 2018December 6, 2020

February 26, 2018December 6, 2020014

Parents Across America (an independent group of parent activists that is critical of the commercialization and corporate takeover of education) has created a valuable...

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