However, OSPI says it will remove identifiable information, including names, from data it supplies under the agreement.” The Great LAUSD iPad Battle of 2013 Wages On. “KUOW obtained a copy of the two-year agreement between the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and The Seattle Times, signed last month, which authorizes eight Times journalists to work with, but not publish, confidential student and staff information, including names and Social Security numbers. There’s also concern in Washington state about its plans to share data with media organizations. More on the plans via Bloomberg Businessweek.Ī number of New York state senators are questioning the state’s plans to share student data with inBloom. The Obama Administration is kicking off its “listening tour” as it prepares its proposal for a rating system for post-secondary institutions.

Oh and look! The “ gainful employment” negotiations have hit an impasse. The Nation reports that “a small group of House Democrats, led by Representatives Rob Andrews of New Jersey and Alcee Hastings of Florida, are organizing an effort within the caucus to protect the for-profit career college industry from any meaningful regulation.” Not surprisingly, these two have received major campaign donations from for-profits. (Winners: Clarendon County School District Two (consortium of four rural districts), South Carolina Clarksdale Municipal School District, Mississippi Houston Independent School District, Texas Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (consortium of 18 rural districts) and Springdale School District, Arkansas.) The Department of Education announced the winners of its $120 million Race to the Top-District competition. Teach for America affirmed its support for the Common Core.Īlabama joins those states (16 in total) that allow computer science classes to count as math credit towards graduation. New Jersey governor Chris Christie says he will sign legislation that would allow undocumented immigrants in New Jersey to be eligible for in-state college tuition. This is how much your kid’s school budget has been cut. Quite a busy week as everyone crams their year-end news into the final working days of the year… Education Politics

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