Newsclips
NEWSCLIPS 2013
Advocate: achievement gap widened under Bloomberg
The Riverdale Press
May 23, 2013
Advocates plan to protest $66 million tax break given to Hoboken publisher
The Jersey Journal by Charles Hack
May 21, 2013
City may drop testing agency Pearson over errors in gifted and talented scoring
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch
May 10, 2013
“No” to Testing: More and More City Parents Boycott Standardized Tests
School Stories by Nell Gluckman
May 7, 2013
John White Withdraws Louisiana Student Data from inBloom
Education Week by Andrew Ujifusa
April 26, 2013
Education Data: Privacy Backlash Begins
InformationWeek by Ellis Booker
April 26, 2013
WBAI Radio: Education at the Crossroads
Hosted by Basir Mchawi: featuring Leonie Haimson, Diane Ravitch, Marjorie Stamberg and Charlie Brover (starts at 6:45)
April 25, 2013
Error by testing giant Pearson shuts 2,700 out of city’s gifted and talented programs
New York Daily News by Ben Chapman and Corrine Lestch
April 20, 2013
The Education of Michael Bloomberg
The Nation by Leonie Haimson and Diane Ravitch
April 17, 2013
Rochester school board member Willa Powell among parents rejecting tests
Rochester City Newspaper by Tim Louis Macaluso
April 12, 2013
Student-Staff Ratios at Falls School District and How They Compare
Menomonee Falls Patch by Carl Engelking
April 12, 2013
New technology worries Guilford County parents
Fox News 8 by Mitch Carr
April 9, 2013
Should Private-School Parents Protest Public-School Policies?
The Atlantic by Emily Richmond
April 5, 2013
Activist’s ‘Private’ Issue
Wall Street Journal Blog by Lisa Fleisher
April 3, 2013
Leonie Haimson exits public school parenting but not advocacy
GothamSchools by Geoff Decker
April 3, 2013
New York schools chancellor says Atlanta’s test scandal couldn’t happen here
Capital New York by Dana Rubinstein
April 2, 2013
Reducing class size is vital for success
Statesman Journal by Lisa Hughes
March 28, 2013
Outcry Over DOE’s Student Data Sharing Plan
Western Queens Gazette by Richard Gentilviso
March 27, 2013
Dept. of Ed.’s ‘trailer’ trash
New York Post by Yoav Gonen
March 26, 2013
Who is Stockpiling and Sharing Private Information About New York Students?
The Village Voice by Jason Lewis
March 22, 2013
Wednesday: CEC 21 Meets At IS 228 For Monthly Meeting
Besonhurst Bean News Blog by Erica Sherman
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
Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell introduces bill to ban schools from sharing students’ personal data with private companies
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
Student education data cloud inBloom puts sensitive information at risk, jeopardizes the lives of city and state students
New York Daily News Op-Ed by Leonie Haimson
March 14, 2013
New York parents furious at program, inBloom, that compiles private student information for companies that contract with it to create teaching tools
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch and Ben Chapman
March 13, 2013
Traveling Bus Exhibit Has Mayoral Hopefuls “Get On Board” With Education Reform
NY1 by Lindsey Christ
March 13, 2013
Lawsuit charges Ed Department with violating student privacy rights
The Answer Sheet by Valerie Strauss
March 13, 2013
InBloom program concerns some Jeffco Schools parents
The Denver Post by Karen Groves
March 13, 2013
Public School Parents and Advocates Protest Violation of Kids’ Privacy
Politics 365 by Maegan Ortiz
March 13, 2013
Queens parents council says no room for new charters in overcrowded District 24
New York Daily News by Clare Trapasso
March 11, 2013
Diane Ravitch Launches Network For Public Education; Closure News In Philadelphia, Chicago, New York — Ed Today
Huffington Post blog by Joy Resmovits
March 8, 2013
News Corp. Education Tablet: For The Love Of Learning?
NPR by David Folkenflik
March 8, 2013
Big data and schools: Education nirvana or privacy nightmare?
The Hechinger Report blog
March 6, 2013
CFE sues NYC schools
Capitol Confidential by Rick Karlin
March 5, 2013
Parents sue New York over alleged violations of state funding law Contract for Excellence
New York Daily News by Corinne Lestch
March 5, 2013
K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents
Reuters by Stephanie Simon
March 3, 2013
Mike takes school ‘stand’
New York Post by David Seifman and Yoav Gonen
March 2, 2013
Analysis: The Politics of Teacher Testing
NBC New York by Gabe Pressman
February 27, 2013
The State of Education: Common Core
1030 KVOI AM The Voice hosted by Robin Wright
February 23, 2013
City laxes promotion standards in response to tough state tests
New York Post by Yoav Gonen
February 20, 2013
Building a Student Data Infrastructure: Privacy, Transparency and the Gates Foundation-Funded inBloom
Hack Education by Audrey Watters
February 10, 2013
Bloomberg Outlines Tight Education Budget
SchoolBook by Beth Fertig
January 29, 2013
Teachers flip for ‘flipped learning’ class model
Associated Press by Christina Hoag
January 27, 2013
The standardized testing debate: Effective or expired?
VOXXI by Hope Gillette
January 19, 2013
Failed Evaluation Talks Widely Denounced
Schoolbook by Patricia Willens
January 18, 2013
DTOE Talk Show Episode 2
DTOE Talk Show by Francesco Portelos
January 15, 2013
