Student privacy/inBloom newsclips by Location
National and NY
October 2012-March 2014
InBloom’s Collapse Shines Spotlight on Data-Sharing Challenges
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
May 2, 2014
Tracking Kids: School Data a Double-Edged Sword
CBN News by Heather Sells
May 2, 2014
Privacy Fears Over Student Data Tracking Lead to inBloom’s Shutdown
Bloomberg Businessweek Technology by Olga Kharif
May 1, 2014
Nonprofit Quarterly by Ruth McCambridge
April 30, 2014
The Legislative Gazette by Kelly Fay
April 29, 2014
One battle is won in war over student data
Times-Herald Record
April 28, 2014
A Student-Data Collector Drops Out
New York Times by Natasha Singer
April 26, 2014
inBloom Out of Bloom: Lessons From a Nonprofit’s Demise
Associations Now by Ernie Smith
April 24, 2014
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Parents win against cloud storage of US students’ private information
Naked Security by Lisa Vaas
April 24, 2014
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Privacy jitters derail controversial K-12 big data initiative
Computerworld by Jaikumar Vijayan
April 24, 2014
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Gates’ $100M Philanthropic Venture inBloom Dies After Parents Say “No Way”
Nonprofit Quarterly by Ruth McCambridge
April 22, 2014
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Politico by Stephanie Simon
April 22, 2014
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Albany Times-Union by Rick Karlin
April 22, 2014
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InBloom calling it quits, and CEO cites New York’s “misunderstandings”
Chalkbeat by Sarah Darville
April 21, 2014
Sun Set son Controversial Student Data Project inBloom
WNYC Schoolbook by Yasmeen Khan
April 21, 2014
What inBloom’s Shutdown Means for the Industry
EdSurge by Mary Jo Madda
April 21, 2014
Parental Opposition Fells inBloom Education-Software Firm
The Wall Street Journal by Elizabeth Dwoskin and Lisa Fleisher
April 21, 2014
Data service inBloom calls it quits
Long Island Newsday by Jo Napolitano
April 21, 2014
InBloom Student Data Repository to Close
The New York Times by Natasha Singer
April 21, 2014
$100 million Gates-funded student data project ends in failure
The Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
April 21, 2014
After NY’s withdrawal, inBloom to shut down
LoHud.com by Joseph Spector
April 21, 2014
inBloom to Shut Down Amid Growing Data-Privacy Concerns
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
April 21, 2014
New York Seeks an Alternative to inBloom
Education Week by Michelle R. David and Michele Molnar
April 15, 2014
Eastchester Review by Chris Eberhart
April 14, 2014
Student privacy activists win a big one
Washington Post by Valerie Strauss
April 4, 2014
New York Abandons inBloom Student Data Project
Sloatsburg Village
April 3, 2014
In New York, Another Setback for inBloom
Education Week by Michele Molnar and Benjamin Herold
April 3, 2014
State Nixes Controversial Plan to Share Student Data With inBloom
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
April 3, 2014
What Will Happen to ‘Big Data’ in Education?
KQED MindShift by Anya Kamenetz
April 3, 2014
An uncertain future for big data in education
American Public Media Marketplace by Amy Scott
April 2, 2014
Privacy concerns nix New York student-data plan
The Wall Street Journal/Associated Press
April 2, 2014
New York won’t store student data with controversial inBloom vendor
Syracuse.com by Paul Riede
April 2, 2014
State Education Department abandons inBloom data-sharing plan
LoHud/The Journal News by Gary Stern
April 2, 2014
Politico by Stephanie Simon
April 2, 2014
Case study: How politicians ignore parents on school reform
Washington Post by Carol Burris
April 1, 2014
Students Oppose State Partnership with Data Collector
Cornell Daily Sun by Sofia Hu
March 28, 2014
Gates Pushes inBloom’s Massive Data Tracking System for Everyone in America
The Independent Sentinel by Sara Noble
March 27, 2014
Group Encouraging Parents to Refuse Common Core Testing
WAMC Radio by Pat Bradley
March 26, 2014
Klein: ‘Everyone agrees’ on Common Core moratorium
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
March 25, 2014
The Wall Street Journal by Lisa Fleisher
March 23, 2014
New Guide for District Tech Leaders on Front Lines of Student Privacy Battle
Education Week by Benjamin Herold and Sean Cavanaugh
March 21, 2014
Forum Updates Public on Common Core (Radio & Print)
WAMC by Pat Bradley
March 14, 2014
State Education Panel Says inBloom Controversy a Distraction
Epoch Times by Peter Svab
March 11, 2014
Cuomo panel wants to cut ties with inBloom
WGRZ by Jon Campbell
March 9, 2014
Students’ personal info should not be shared with inBloom, Nolan says
The South and West Forum by Phil Corso
March 7, 2014
Student privacy debate continues
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
March 6, 2014
inBloom testimony fails to assuage privacy concerns
The Riverdale Press by Maya Rajamani
March 6, 2014
Assembly approves a Common Core delay
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
March 5, 2014
Ed. Dept. Makes Protecting Student Data a High Priority
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
March 5, 2014
In Colorado, a ‘Surreal’ Experience with inBloom and Angry Parents
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
March 4, 2014
Making case for student database is a tough sell
Times-Herald Record by Pauline Liu
March 3, 2014
State Education Department Under Scrutiny for Cloud Storage of Student Records
Epoch Times by Holly Kellum
March 3, 2014
inBloom testifies that student data would be secure
WGRZ/Poughkeepsie Journal
February 28, 2014
inBloom testifies that student data would be secure
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
February 28, 2014
States Lag in Linking Data on Early Childhood Programs
Government Technology by Julie Blair, McClatchy News Service
February 27, 2014
Sharing Student Data In The Cloud: Should We Be Worried?
90.9 WBUR Boston (Here and Now) by Robin Young and Jeremy Hobson
February 24, 2014
InBloom to testify Friday on controversial student portal
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle by Joseph Spector
February 24, 2014
‘Alarming!’ NY State steps up surveillance – this time, on school kids (VIDEO)
RT (Russia Today) by Marina Portnaya
February 22, 2014
Student data to Be Given to Controversial inBloom in Summer, State Says
DNA Info by Amy Zimmer
February 20, 2014
Education Dept. delays inBloom portal launch to next school year
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle/LoHud by Jon Campbell
February 20, 2014
OUR VIEW: Keep students clear of cloud in question
Utica Observer-Dispatch
February 14, 2014
The Island Now by Anthony O’Reilly
February 13, 2014
LI Herald by Vanessa Parker
February 12, 2014
Judge Dismisses New York Parents’ Lawsuit Against inBloom
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
February 10, 2014
Judge sides with state in challenge to inBloom database
LoHud.com by Jon Campbell
February 10, 2014
What is InBloom and Why Is It Collecting Data on School Children?
Breitbart by Merrill Hope
February 10, 2014
Here’s How to Guard Your Child’s Privacy Amid NYC’s Student-Data Sharing
DNAInfo by Amy Zimmer
February 6, 2014
EdSurge by Mary Jo Madda
February 5, 2014
Student data is being collected at rapid pace, and may not be safe
Deseret News National by Jason Hardy
February 5, 2014
Also in lawmakers’ sights: New York’s inBloom participation
Chalkbeat NY by Philissa Cramer
February 4, 2014
The School District’s Budget Problem is In Bloom
Sloatsburg Village
February 4, 2014
4 education overhauls to watch for in 2014
Salon.com/Alternet.org by Owen Davis
February 4, 2014
InBloom expected to testify at NY hearing on data portal
LoHud.com by Joseph Spector
February 3, 2014
My view: It’s time New York joins 49 other states and drops inBloom
Times Herald-Record by Ken Eastwood
February 2, 2014
Student info portal plan has Mid-Hudson educators, parents concerned
Daily Freeman by Diane Pineiro Zucker
February 1, 2014
Herricks Board proposes $3.4M bond for repairs
The Island Now by Richard Tedesco
January 30, 2014
Common Core and student data tracking on the Phil Reisman Show
LoHud.com
January 30, 2014
Plan would track students from preschool to workforce
USAToday by Gary Stern
January 26, 2014
Common Core critics decry school reforms in forum at Ardsley Middle School
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
January 24, 2014
Immense Unease Over Advertisers Nabbing Student Data: Poll
Huffington Post by Joy Resmovits
January 22, 2014
CONFER: openign the Gates to Common Core
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
January 20, 2014
Critics to discuss school reform at Ardsley Forum
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
January 19, 2014
Herricks Stands Firm Against inBloom
New Hyde Park Illustrated by Chris Boyle
January 16, 2014
Garden City Public Schools’ ‘Question of the Week’
Garden City Patch by Carisa Giardino
January 13, 2014
Bellmore-Merrick Board Takes Stand Against inBloom
Merrick Patch by Danielle De Souza
January 13, 2014
State education project storing student data on ‘cloud’ delayed
Long Island Newsday by John Hildebrand
January 10, 2014
N.Y. postpones release of student data to inBloom; legislators see chance to address privacy
LoHud by Gary Stern
January 9, 2014
State won’t upload student data until at least April
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
January 9, 2014
New York State Delays Uploading Private Student Data to Cloud
Education Week by Michele Molnar
January 9, 2014
Stewart-Cousins Raises Concerns Over Common Core, Student Data Share
NYStatePolitics.com by Nick Reisman
January 9, 2014
Kingston school district board wants state to secure data
Daily Free News by William J. Kemble
January 9, 2014
inBloom Sputters Amid Concerns About Privacy of Student Data
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
January 7, 2014
Student data portal raises privacy concerns
Utica Observer-Dispatch by Keshia Clukey
January 5, 2014
Common Core: State Senator Pushes Bill Protecting Student Privacy
Scarsdale Patch by Alfred Branch
January 5, 2014
Student privacy concerns grow in over data ‘in a cloud’
The Washington Post by Carol Burris
January 3, 2014
Editorial: Common Core questions persist; King must address concerns
The Journal News by Editorial Board of The Journal News
January 3, 2014
Rockland, Westchester parents back sharing limits on student data
LoHud by Mareesa Nicosia
January 2, 2014
Sen. David Carlucci pushes to curtail third-party access to student data
LoHud by Mareesa Nicosia
January 1, 2014
Watertown Daily Times
December 30, 2013
New York Battle Over inBloom, Data Privacy Heading to Court
Education Week by Michele Molnar
December 27, 2013
CONFER: Common Core and your family’s data
Niagara Gazette by Bob Confer
December 23, 2013
Gathering students’ data turns invasive
Times Union by Tommy Carroll
December 20, 2013
Sheldon Silver wants plan to share student data with private company put on hold
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
December 20, 2013
‘It is our job to protect N.Y.’s children: Silver slams bid for student portal
LoHud.com by Ashley Hupfl
December 19, 2013
Speaker Silver urges delay of NY student database
Associated Press
December 19, 2013
Sheldon Silver: Suspend inBloom student-data cloud plan
Long Island Newsday by Yancey Roy
December 19, 2013
Parents Petition State to Stop Sharing Student Data on inBloom
Plainview Patch by Adina Genn
December 19, 2013
Superintendents worried about how much data New York wants on students
Times-Herald Record by Pauline Liu
December 19, 2013
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Herricks board votes to block data collection
The Island Now by Richard Tedesco
December 19, 2013
Herricks Against Student Data Mining
New Hyde Park Illustrated by Chris Boyle
December 19, 2013
Privacy, security lead district to not use inBloom
Amherst Bee by Keaton Depriest
December 18, 2013
State school boards say ‘no’ to inBloom
Valley Stream Herald by Howard Schwach
December 17, 2013
Take it slow with student database
Daily Gazette by Sara Foss
December 17, 2013
Who Is Looking at Your Kids’ School Data? Why Congress Needs to Take Note
Justia.com by Anita Ramasastry
December 17, 2013
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Tisch backs Regents for re-election
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
December 16, 2013
Study: Student data not safe in cloud
Slate.com by Ariel Bogle
December 16, 2013
inBloom Denies Directive from Pearl River Schools
Pearl River Patch by Ryan Buncher
December 16, 2013
NY parents, districts worry about database privacy
Poughkeepsie Journal/Associated Press by Carolyn Thompson
December 15, 2013
Report: Student data should be controlled by schools, not state
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
December 13, 2013
Clarkstown Schools Opt Out of Race to the Top
New City Patch by Robin Traum
December 13, 2013
Educators: Common Core report by senator falls short on changes
LoHud.com by Randi Weiner
December 12, 2013
Senate leader calls for delay of student-data storage plan
Newsday by John Hildebrand
December 12, 2013
Poll: 75% of school board members oppose
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
December 11, 2013
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Most NYS school board members oppose inBloom plan
Newsday by Jo Napolitano
December 11, 2013
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Flanagan education proposals tackle tests, privacy, Common Core
Newsday by Joseph Spector
December 11, 2013
School board members oppose inBloom student portal
LoHud.com by Joseph Spector
December 11, 2013
Press Release: School board members wary of inBloom
New York State School Boards Association
December 11, 2013
Eastchester Letter: Protect Your Child’s Privacy
Eastchester Daily Voice by Mary Messner, Martin Brody, and Willa Brody
December 10, 2013
Response re: inBloom from Compass Learning to Dr. Mulford of Spackenkill School District
Compass Learning by Eric Loeffel
December 9, 2013
School supers unified against data collection
The Island Now by Bill San Antonio
December 5, 2013
Educational Data Program Stirs Up Controversy in Upstate NY
The Jewish Voice by Marc Cohen
December 4, 2013
InBloom says data is secure; NSA said the same thing
Valley Stream Herald by Howard Schwach
December 3, 2013
Legislative-Advocacy Group’s Model Bill Tackles Privacy of Student Data
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
December 3, 2013
Common Core: N.Y. has begun uploading student data, ed commissioner tells schools (videos)
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
December 2, 2013
Will Lansing Students’ Private Data Remain Private?
The Lansing Star by Dan Veaner
November 29, 2013
Chicago School System Decides Against Partnership with inBloom
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
November 27, 2013
Clarkstown May Opt Out of Race to the Top
New City Patch by Robin Traum
November 27, 2013
Column: Education portal may be like Pandora’s box
Times-Herald Record by Pauline Liu
November 25, 2013
NY Schools Plan Called Threat to Privacy
Courthouse News Service by Marlene Kennedy
November 25, 2013
Pleasantville Superintendent Testifies on Internet Database
The Daily Voice
November 25, 2013
State Plans Record-Keeping Changes for Schools
NY1 News
November 24, 2013
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Elmsford joins inBloom backlash
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
November 24, 2013
NY Only State Still on Board With School Data Plan
ABC News/Associated Press by Karen Matthews
November 23, 2013
Substance News by David Vance
November 23, 2013
NY Parents Sue to Halt Student Database Project
Law360 by Allison Grande
November 23, 2013
Parent Opposition Slims Student Data Collection
Heartland News by Evelyn B. Stacey
November 22, 2013
Parents say no to sharing student data
Riverdale Press by Shant Shahrigian
November 21, 2013
Pleasantville’s Mary Fox-Alter: inBloom data plans ‘a direct violation of student privacy’
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
November 21, 2013
Leaders to push changes on student privacy, testing
Long Island Newsday by John Hildebrand
November 21, 2013
Data Dashboard fears address at education hearing
Times-Herald Record by Pauline Liu
November 21, 2013
Plan to put students’ records online raises privacy concerns
News 12 Long Island
November 20, 2013
Assembly grills education chief on data plan
Democrat and Chronicle by Joseph Spector
November 20, 2013
King Faces Bipartisan Grilling Over Student Privacy Concerns
WNYC Schoolbook by Karen Dewitt
November 20, 2013
Student privacy a major concern
North Country Public Radio by Karen Dewitt
November 20, 2013
Albany Times-Union by Rick Karlin
November 20, 2013
Albany Times-Union by Rick Karlin
November 20, 2013
Ed Chief ‘open’ to raising penalties on data breaches
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 20, 2013
Assembly education chair threatens subpoena against data company
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 20, 2013
Wappingers wants student data secured
Poughkeepsie Journal by Nina Schutzman
November 20, 2013
Locals Speak At Common Core Forum
New Hyde Park Illustrated by Rich Forestano
November 20, 2013
More Schools Collecting, Using Student Data
Stateline by Adrienne Lu
November 19, 2013
Schools, parents battle Albany on Common Core
Times Herald-Record by Pauline Liu
November 18, 2013
Albany hearing set for Data Dashboard plan
Times Herald-Record by Pauline Liu
November 18, 2013
Parents Against Student Data-Mining Notch Victory in Colorado
The Blaze by Liz Klimas
November 15, 2013
NYC Parents Sue State Over Student Data Collection
Rye Patch by Lanning Taliaferro
November 15, 2013
Superintendent Directs inBloom to Delete Pearl River Student Data
Pearl River Patch by Ryan Buncher
November 15, 2013
More Lower Hudson school districts forfeit Race to the Top funds over student data
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
November 14, 2013
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New State School Database Worries Parents
News 8/Fox Rochester by Vanessa Herring
November 14, 2013
Westchester Schools ‘Draw Line in Sand’, Opt Out of Race to the Top
Hudson Valley Reporter by Brian Donnelly
November 14, 2013
Parents get hearing date but no injunction in data-privacy suit
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 14, 2013
NY Parents Sue State to Halt Children’s Data Giveaway
Epoch Times by Petr Svab
November 14, 2013
NY LAWSUIT FILED TO PROTECT STUDENT PRIVACY AND BLOCK INBLOOM
WatchCroton.com
November 14, 2013
Senate education chair sees ‘potential’ for a data-privacy law
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 13, 2013
State education leader calls data collection tied to Common Core crucial
LoHud.com by Gary Stern
November 13, 2013
Pawling School Board Joins Chorus of Districts Opting Out of Race to the Top
Hudson Valley Reporter by Bob Dumas
November 13, 2013
NYC Parents File Lawsuit to Block State from Sharing Student Data
NBC New York
November 13, 2013
Parents’ suit aims to stop state’s education cloud data plan
Long Island Newsday by Chau Lam
November 13, 2013
Parents sue NY over student data-sharing system
Wall Street Journal/Associated Press
November 13, 2013
Lawsuit Filed in New York to Halt inBloom Program
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
November 13, 2013
NYC parents file lawsuit over student privacy
Times Herald-Record by Pauline Liu
November 13, 2013
New York City parents sue state over data-privacy concerns
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
November 13, 2013
Parents set to sue over student privacy
Politico by Stephanie Simon
November 13, 2013
NYC parents file suit against state Ed. Dept. over student data collection
Poughkeepsie Journal by Gary Stern
November 13, 2013
Common Core forum: Legislators want complaints from parents, educators
Poughkeepsie Journal by Nina Schutzman
November 13, 2013
NYC parents plan suit Wednesday to block state from sharing kids’ data with private firms
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
November 13, 2013
State: Race to the Top opt out limits third party data access display for district
Poughkeepsie Journal by Nina Schutzman
November 12, 2013
Local school officials fearful of student records database
Lo-Hud.com by Gary Stern
November 8, 2013
Morning Ed Scooplet: Gates Funded Database Loses Another Client
Politico by Stephanie Simon
November 8, 2013
Mahopac schools stand on principle
Mahopac News by Marc Weinreich
November 7, 2013
Michelle Malkin
November 7, 2013
Mid-Hudson Valley school districts consider opting out of Race to the Top
Times Herald-Record by Pauline Liu
November 7, 2013
Elmsford School District Opts Out Of ‘Race to the Top’
Greenburgh Daily Voice by Danny LoPriore
November 7, 2013
News: Byram Hills Withdraws From Race to the Top
Byram Hills Central School District
November 5, 2013
Opinion: State’s sweeping request for information from schools raises privacy concerns
The Buffalo News
November 6, 2013
Video: Wappingers board stays in Race despite parent protest
Poughkeepsie Journal by Nina Schutzman
November 5, 2013
An open letter to my superintendent and Board of Education
No Data New York
November 2, 2013
Some school districts city privacy concerns over state’s request for student data
The Buffalo News by Denise Jewell Gee
November 2, 2013
Southold supe calls on private firm to remove student data
The Suffolk Times by Jennifer Gustavson
November 1, 2013
Economic Payoff From Schools’ Use
Education Week by Michele Molnar
October 31, 2013
Districts forfeit federal grant money amid doubts over student-data privacy
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
October 31, 2013
Race To The Top: Trick With No Treat?
Nyack News and Views by A. Staff
October 31, 2013
VIDEO: Spackenkill hailed for exiting federal education program over privacy concerns
Poughkeepsie Journal by Emily Stewart
October 31, 2013
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Comsewogue BOE Sends Back Race to the Top Money
Port Jefferson Patch by Monica Rose Gleberman
October 31, 2013
Pearl River Schools Opt Out of Race to the Top
Pearl River Patch by Ryan Bunter
October 31, 2013
VIDEO: Spackenkill votes against education program due to privacy concerns
Poughkeepsie Journal by Emily Stewart and Nina Schutzman
October 30, 2013
The Corporate State of Surveillance
Counterpunch by Ralph Nader
October 29, 2013
Add privacy to list of education concerns
Times Herald-Record
October 28, 2013
Several area districts to forfeit funding over state plans for student data collection
lohud.com by Gary Stern
October 27, 2013
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VIDEO: Hyde Park withdraws from Race to the Top over concerns with student database
Poughkeepsie Journal by Nina Schutzman
October 27, 2013
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Pleasantville Schools Withdraw from Race to the Top
Pleasantville-Briarcliff Manor Patch
October 25, 2013
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Big Data Means Kids’ “Permanent Records” May Never Be Erased
Motherboard/Vice by David Sirota
October 24, 2013
Senator Raises Questions About Protecting Student Data
New York Times by Natasha Singer
October 22, 2013
Why must Long Island schoolkids be guinea pigs for cloud database?
Long Island Newsday by Beth Whitehouse
October 22, 2013
LI parents fight student cloud database, cite privacy concerns
Long Island Newsday by John Hildebrand
October 21, 2013
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Diane Ravitch
October 20, 2013
Clearing up column claims (see comments for Leonie Haimson’s reply)
Santa Maria Times by Adam Gaber
October 20, 2013
How NOT to argue with parents about Common Core
Michelle Malkin
October 18, 2013
Education chief cancels forums, charging ‘special interest’ crowd manipulation
Capital New York by Jessica Bakeman
October 15, 2013
Andrea Gabor’s Blog by Andrea Gabor
October 8, 2013
Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data
New York Times by Natasha Singer
October 6, 2013
N.Y. State Preps InBloom Student Data Dashboards
Infoweek by David F. Carr
September 24, 2013
Gates-backed inBloom on Shaky Ground
Politico by Libby A. Nelson
September 19, 2013
Local districts debate student tracking mandate
lohud.com by Randy Weiner and Gary Stern
September 9, 2013
Two of the three democratic candidates would fight against giving kids’ records to private companies
New York Daily News by Rachel Monahan
September 4, 2013
Data-mining Cha-Ching, Cha-Ching
NewsWithViews by Diane Kepus
August 17, 2013
Parents – Don’t be deceived about data collecting on your children
The Citizen by Angela Bean
August 13, 2013
Orwellian Nightmare: Data-mining Your Kids
The New American by Alex Newman
August 8, 2013
InBloom Educational Data Warehouse Wilts Under Srutiny
Information Week by David F. Carr
August 8, 2013
Big data could end professor lectures
Salon.com by Seth Fletcher
August 1, 2013
Politico by Libby A. Nelson
August 1, 2013
Parents fight national database of student stats
World Magazine by Elise Grafe
July 24, 2013
Why one charter school founded an ed-tech startup?
Venture Beat by Christina Farr
July 24, 2013
Is InBloom Enthusiasm Inspired by Gates Grants?
Education Week by Anthony Cody
July 23, 2013
NYC Parent Sounds Alarm on Student Privacy
WNYC Schoolbook by Leonie Haimson
July 23, 2013
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Artvoice by Murray Levine and Adeline Levine
July 17, 2013
InBloom is wilting thanks to privacy concerns-but they don’t stop with InBloom
Hechinger Report by Anya Kemenetz
July 11, 2013
Nebraska Joins States Trying to Link Student Data Systems
Education Week News (Blog)
July 9, 2013
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Student and teacher privacy may be at risk, warns Potsdam blogger
North Country Now
July 5, 2013
Pauline Liu: Guess who’s looking at your kids’ records
The Times Herald by Pauline Liu
July 1, 2013
Public School’s Sneaky Little Way To Get Parents To Sign Away Their Child’s Privacy
Off the Grid News by D.M. Graham
July 1, 2013
Your child’s data is stored in the cloud
CNN Money by Erica Fink and Laurie Segall
June 28, 2013
Close but no cigar for student privacy bills
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
June 27, 2013
Mining Student Data: Pros, Cons, Protests – Part II
InfoSpace by Dorotea Szkolar
June 26, 2013
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Student Data Mining: Pros, Cons and Protests
InfoSpace by Dorotea Szkolar
June 25, 2013
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Why do students drop out? Civitas Learning gets $8.75M to bring “big data” to colleges
Venture Beat by Christina Farr
June 25, 2013
Let parents keep kids’ data private
LOHUD.com by Lisa Rudley
June 20, 2013
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Forum a little bit of a late bloomer?
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
June 20, 2013
Irate Parents Fight to Keep Information on Their Kids Private
Take Part by Suzi Parker
June 20, 2013
Guest Column: A message on the privacy debate
The Explorer by Dave Safier
June 19, 2013
Student-Privacy Protection Focus of New York State Legislation
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
June 17, 2013
Locals join Albany rally against testing, data collection
Press-Republican by Kim Smith Dedam
June 16, 2013
Bill protecting privacy rights of NY students passes Assembly committee
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
June 14, 2013
Progress on student data bill stirs concern from school officials
GothamSchools by Geoff Decker
June 13, 2013
An exchange on controversial $100 million student database
The Washington Post Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
June 13, 2013
Education commissioner says student data secure
Topeka Capital Journal by Celia Llopis – Jepsen
June 10, 2013
Privacy concerns grow over Gates-funded student database
The Answer Sheet / Washington Post blog by Valerie Strauss
June 9, 2013
The Journal Gazette by Karen Francisco
June 9, 2013
Obama ConnectED Initiative Aims To Get Classrooms Online
The Huffington Post blog by Joy Resmovitz
June 6, 2013
Obama says he’ll get 99 percent of schools connected to fast Internet
Venture Beat by Cristina Farr
June 6, 2013
Times Union by Tommy Carroll
June 6, 2013
DOE Announces Fair Student Funding
Western Queens Gazette by Richard Gentilviso
June 6, 2013
Amazon Cloud Servers Host Data on Millions of School Children
Infosecurity
June 3, 2013
How Schools Are Selling Your Children’s Privacy
RINF by Mick Meaney
June 2, 2013
Is the Tea Party Right About the Common Core?
Education Week by Anthony Cody
June 1, 2013
Dollars & Sense by Dan Schneider
May/June 2013
Wendy Lecker: Private data on children must stay that way
Stamford Advocate by Wendy Lecker
May 31, 2013
AFT Statement on Privacy and Security Concerns
about inBloom and Other Data Collection Efforts
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
May 31, 2013
Parents express inBloom concerns
The Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
May 30, 2013
Gates-backed school database blue screens
TechEye by Nick Farrell
May 30, 2013
Putting private student information online for corporate use?
Buckmaster Show by Bill Buckmaster
May 29, 2013
School database loses backers as parents balk over privacy
Reuters by Stephanie Simon
May 29, 2013
Parents take stand against standardized tests
WIVB by Rachel Kingston
May 20, 2013
Will the Data Warehouse Become Every Student and Teacher’s “Permanent Record”?
Education Week Teacher by Anthony Cody
May 20, 2013
inBloom: corporatizing America’s schools
Long Island Herald by Scott Brinton
May 16, 2013
Alerts raised over Mass. plan to manage student data
Boston Globe by Hiawatha Bray
May 14, 2013
Long Island Exchange
May 13, 2013
Parents And Educators Wary Of Program
Times Newsweekly by Max Jaeger
May 2, 2013
Group denies selling private student data would hurt students
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Paula Katinas
May 6, 2013
Ga. schools superintendent addresses concerns about a federal curriculum
Cherokee Tribune by Jon Gillooly
May 4, 2013
NY Parents Protest Foundation-Funded inBloom Education Data Portal
NonProfit Quarterly by Ruth McCambridge
May 2, 2013
Is the DOE hurting or helping students?
Queens Chronicle by Tess McRae
May 2, 2013
Parents Object to State Plan to Compile Student Information
Rockland County Times
May 1, 2013
The Alternative Press by Jennifer Jean Miller
May 1, 2013
Parents Grill Department of Education Over Private Student Data Cloud
Village Voice Blog by Sydney Brownstone
April 30, 2013
Parents outraged over NYC schools data sharing program
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
April 30, 2013
NYC Parents Raise Questions About InBloom
EdSurge by Elizabeth Woyke
April 30, 2013
How Murdoch, Bill Gates and Big Corporations Are Data Mining Our Schools
The Indypendent by Peter Rugh
April 30, 2013
Parents irate over NYC plan to give student data to non-profit
CBS News
April 30, 2013
Parents Irate Over NYC DOE Plan To Give Student Data To Private Company
1010 Wins Radio-CBS New York by Sonia Rincon
April 29, 2013
STUDENT DATA EXPOSED: Parents eye city plan to give individual student records to private biz
Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Mary Frost
April 29, 2013
Hudson Valley parents to state: Don’t share students’ data with corporations
Newsday by Meghan E. Murphy
April 28, 2013
John White Withdraws Louisiana Student Data from inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
April 26, 2013
Putting private student information online for corporate use? What could possibly go wrong?
Tucson Citizen by David Safier
April 26, 2013
Putting private student information online for corporate use? What could possibly go wrong?
Blog for Arizona by David Safier
April 26, 2013
Education Data: Privacy Backlash Begins
InformationWeek by Ellis Booker
April 26, 2013
Scarsdale PT Council Urges Parents to Fight the Release of Personal Student Data
Scarsdale 10583
April 22, 2013
State database to track down student information
Utica Observer-Dispatch by Keshia Clukey
April 20, 2013
Illinois Review
April 12, 2013
Rochester school board member Willa Powell among parents rejecting tests
Rochester City Newspaper by Tim Louis Macaluso
April 12, 2013
‘inBloom’ Database Shares Student Information With Companies
The Inquistr by Tara Dodrill
April 11, 2013
Concerns about sharing student data
Lewisboro Ledger by Reece Alvarez
April 6, 2013
More Details on InBloom’s Plans for Student Data
Hack Education by Audrey Watters
April 4, 2013
Student Privacy and Race to the Top
Mr. L’s Blog
March 31, 2013
On the question of student privacy; inBloom Attorney responds
Washington Post Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
March 28, 2013
Outcry Over DOE’s Student Data Sharing Plan
Western Queens Gazette by Richard Gentilviso
March 27, 2013
Hope Battles Fear Over Student Data Integration
Information Week by David F. Carr
March 26, 2013
The Examiner by Steven Hoffman
March 22, 2013
Who is Stockpiling and Sharing Private Information About New York Students?
The Village Voice by Jason Lewis
March 22, 2013
Hechinger Report by Aaron Pallas
March 19, 2013
Privacy, big data and education: more about the inBloom databases
The Hechinger Report blog by Jill Barshay
March 18, 2013
Parents, Experts Blast New State Database of Private Student Info
NBC New York/ AP
March 15, 2013
New York Daily News by Tina Moore, Ben Chapman and Corinne Lestch
March 14, 2013
Parents Worry Over New Online Database of Student Information
Schoolbook/WNYC by Ilya Marritz
March 14, 2013
Company hired to manage student information
ABC Local (Channel 7) by Art McFarland
March 14, 2013
Officials join anti-data push, but Sheldon Silver sides with state
GothamSchools by Geoff Decker
March 14, 2014
Experts, Parents, Lawmakers Blast Database Providing Personal Student Information To Vendors
CBS New York/ AP
March 14, 2013
New York Daily News Op-Ed by Leonie Haimson
March 14, 2013
Office of the Public Advocate for the City of New York
March 14, 2013
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch and Ben Chapman
March 13, 2013
Lawsuit charges Ed Department with violating student privacy rights
The Washington Post Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
March 13, 2013
Public School Parents and Advocates Protest Violation of Kids’ Privacy
Politics 365 by Maegan Ortiz
March 13, 2013
Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare?
The Hechinger Report blog
March 6, 2013
K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents
Reuters by Stephanie Simon
March 3, 2013
Hack Education by Audrey Watters
February 10, 2013
State releases agreement for data system that raised concerns
Gotham Schools by Philissa Cramer
October 15, 2012
Parent Activists Concerned About Student Database
WNYC News Blog by Alec Hamilton
October 15, 2012
Fear over student database in hands of Rupert Murdoch company
NY Daily News by Rachel Monahan
October 14, 2012
Parents Concerned That School Records Could Be Used To Make Money
CBS NY by Alex Silverman
October 14, 2012
NY parent activists worried about student database
The Wall Street Journal by the Associated Press
October 14, 2012
Parent activists worried about student database
WABC News by the Associated Press
October 14, 2012
Confidential Student And Teacher Data To Be Provided To LLC Run By Gates and Murdoch
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
December 19, 2011
Gates, In Alliance with Murdoch’s News Corp, Builds a New App for Corporate Education Reform?
Huffington Post by Leonie Haimson
August 9, 2011
Massachusetts:
Privacy bill seeks to protect students as data shifts to the cloud
The Lowell Sun by Colleen Quinn
June 27, 2013
CPS Executive Director Marilyn Segal on Student Privacy
Citizens for Public Schools
June 27, 2013
Valley Advocate by Maureen Turner
May 29, 2013
Tread carefully, if at all, in sharing student data
The Boston Globe by Lynne Souter
May 28, 2013
First-grader, or cloud-based data stream?
The Boston Globe Opinion by Joanna Weiss
May 26, 2013
Alerts raised over Mass. plan to manage student data
Boston Globe by Hiawatha Bray
May 14, 2013
Protect Massachusetts Students’ Privacy Webpage
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
Worcester School Committee cool to slots parlor proposal
Worcester Telegram by Jacqueline Reis
April 25, 2013
CCFC’s Josh Golin Testifies Against Massachusetts’ and Gates Foundation’s InBloom Initiative
March 27, 2013
Advocates Say State Program Could Compromise Student Privacy
Go Local Worcester by Adam Joseph Drici
March 26, 2013
Letter from MA privacy and parent advocacy groups
February 7, 2013
Colorado:
In Colorado, a ‘Surreal’ Experience with inBloom and Angry Parents
Education Week by Benjamin Herold
March 4, 2014
The Inquisitr
November 26, 2013
Jeffco student data plans delayed
The Denver Post by Josie Klemaier
November 26, 2013
Parents Against Student Data-Mining Notch Victory in Colorado
The Blaze by Liz Klimas
November 15, 2013
CDE cuts its ties with inBloom data project
Education News Colorado by Todd Engdahl
November 13, 2013
Colorado District Pulls Out of inBloom
EdSurge
November 12, 2013
Morning Ed Scooplet: Gates Funded Database Loses Another Client
Politico by Stephanie Simon
November 8, 2013
Michelle Malkin
November 7, 2013
School board votes to scrap inBloom
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
November 7, 2013
Jeffco Schools face different future with new school board
9News.com by Nelson Garcia
November 6, 2013
Concerns over inBloom aired at town hall
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
November 5, 2013
Colorado Moms Push Back on Data Mining and ‘Big Business’ Moving Forward in Schools
The Blaze by Liz Klimas
October 17, 2013
Jeffco Schools split on data storage
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
October 10, 2013
Deciding Who Sees Students’ Data
New York Times by Natasha Singer
October 6, 2013
Two view for District 2 school board seats
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
September 26, 2013
Compensation, inBloom focus of Jeffco schools board meeting
Jeffco Public Schools Examiner by Lisa Cook
September 26, 2013
Parents can opt out of system for storing student info
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
September 25, 2013
Jeffco to allow dashboard opt out
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
September 24, 2013
Stevenson discusses inBloom, school funding
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
September 4, 2013
Questions on inBloom aired at Jefferson County School Board meeting
The Denver Post by Karen Groves
August 29, 2013
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Debate over storage system for student data continues
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
August 28, 2013
InBloom concerns need attention
Columbine Courier by Paula Noonan
August 28, 2013
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
August 26, 2013
Jeffco debates using student data cloud system
NBC 9 News by Nelson Garcia
August 22, 2013
Classroom Dashboard Draws Questions From JeffCo Parents
CBS 4 News by Karen Leigh
August 21, 2013
Student research versus privacy concerns for software
Our Colorado News by Vic Vela
August 20, 2013
Is InBloom Enthusiasm Inspired by Gates Grants?
Education Week by Anthony Cody
July 23, 2013
Colorado Education Association President Promotes inBloom – without the Facts
The Chalkface by Peggy Robertson
July 20, 2013
InBloom enables great teaching tools
Denver Post By Kerrie Dallman
July 18, 2013
JeffCo parent website www.schoolbelongstothechildren.org
JeffCo parent petition: http://shar.es/d2rWF
Parents assail schools’ plan for storing student data
Columbine Courier by Daniel Laverty
May 24, 2013
Data fears aired before State Board
EdNews Colorado by Todd Enghdahl
May 16, 2013
School board worried IT program state picked risks Jeffco kid privacy
The Denver Post by Jordan Steffen
May 16, 2013
Colorado state board meeting archives
Study Session regarding inBloom Inc.
May 16, 2013
Student privacy concerns spark debate in Jefferson County
9NEWS by Will Ripley
May 14, 2013
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May 12, 2013
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Common Core and national student database subject of community forum
The Examiner by Elizabeth Ackerman
April 26, 2013
Jeffco merging school IT programs; parents worry about kids’ security
Denver Post by Jordan Steffen
April 18, 2013
Jeffco Schools addresses concerns about inBloom
The Examiner by Lisa Cook
April 11, 2013
InBloom program concerns some Jeffco Schools parents
Denver Post by Karen Groves
March 13, 2013
Louisiana:
Bobby Jindal signs student privacy bill pushed by Common Core opponents
Nola.com by Julia O’Donoghue
June 24, 2014
Student Data: Private Property or Shared Resource?
WWNO 89.9 by Sue Lincoln
March 24, 2014
Parents seek statewide privacy act on student records
The Advocate by Robert Stewart
October 24, 2013
inBloom’s actual Dear John Letter to John White: (It’s not me, it’s you)
The Advocate by Will Sentell
August 19, 2013
Student data sparks controversy
The Advocate by Will Sentell
July 10, 2013
BESE to review student data storage and sharing
Associated Press by Melinda Deslatte
June 19, 2013
Sharing of student data to be monitored more closely by state board
NOLA.com by Sarah Tan
June 18, 2013
State removes student information from database
Monroe News Star by Barbara Leader
May 14, 2013
Louisiana Voice by Tomas Well
May 10, 2013
Jefferson Parish schools to participate in student data project
NOLA.com by Sarah Tan
May 9, 2013
Louisiana Ends Data-Storage Arrangement with inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
May 8, 2013
Editorial: Monroe News Star
April 27, 2013
John White Withdraws Louisiana Student Data from inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
April 26, 2013
Privacy concerns prompt Louisiana education chief to pull student info from database
The Town Talk by Barbara Leader
April 21, 2013
Superintendent John White recalls student data stored with nonprofit inBloom
The Monroe News Star by Barbara Leader
April 19, 2013
Louisiana Petition: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stop-sharing-our-student-data/
Your Children For Sale . . . Sold!
Crazy Crawfish
March 28, 2013
Louisiana Voice
February 20, 2013
North Carolina:
Politico by Libby A. Nelson
August 1, 2013
inBloom, Common Core, NC and your child’s data
Stop Common Core N.C. blog by N.C. Citizen
July 1, 2013
New technology worries Guilford County parents
Fox News 8 by Mitch Carr
April 9, 2013
Parents Chafe At National Student-Tracking Database
Carolina Journal by Karen McMahan
March 28, 2013
Georgia:
State Defends Common Core Model
Times Herald by Sarah Fay Campbell
June 5, 2013
Common Core opponent goes too far with claim about data collection
PolitiFact Georgia by Angela Bean
June 1, 2013
What’s the Deal with Privacy, Common Core, and the Feds in Georgia?
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
May 16, 2013
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Ga. schools superintendent addresses concerns about a federal curriculum
Cherokee Tribune by Jon Gillooly
May 4, 2013
Illinois:
More than a Score Chicago
Petition from the Center for a Commercial Free Childhood
Illinois Federation of Teachers
Petition on Data Privacy and inBloom
More than a Score Chicago
Bill would require parental approval for student data sharing
Herald-Review by TJ Fowler
February 27, 2014
Student data protections gain ground in House
Quad City Times by TJ Fowler
February 26, 2014
Chicago School System Decides Against Partnership with inBloom
Education Week by Ben Kamisar
November 27, 2013
CPS will use state-run data program, not controversial inBloom storehouse
Chicago Sun-Times by Becky Schlikerman
November 26, 2013
Parents concerned about privacy in new student-data storehouse
Chicago Sun-Times by Becky Schlikerman
November 19, 2013
Chicago Parents: Beware of inBloom
More Than a Score
November 14, 2013
Illinois State Legislature Letter to Julie Woesthoff about inBloom
November 13, 2013
Chicago Public Schools’ Response to PURE
November 8, 2013
More Than a Score/PURE
October 10, 2013
Threats to student privacy unite More than a Score with other parent and advocacy groups
ACLU of Illinois
October 10, 2013
Parents Want To Block CPS From Sharing Kids’ Records With National Database
CBS News Chicago
October 10, 2013
Press Release: Threats to student privacy unite MTAs with other parent and advocacy groups
More Than A Score
October 10, 2013
Bloomington Schools Leaders Talk Tech and Taxes
WGLT by Charlie Schlenker
October 3, 2013
Education Data Cloud Storage Initiative Raises Privacy Fears
WGLT by Charlie Schlenker
September 19, 2013
Kids feast on technology challenges
Bloomington Paragraph (Il.) by Phyllis Coulter
July 22, 2013
List of 35 districts in addition to Bloomington and Normal that plan to share data with inBloom starting Jan. 2014.
Timetable for inBloom’s development in Illinois.
For Illinois parent groups involved in this issue see: