Connected Educators

It is no surprise that student data privacy is of great concern to schools, teachers, and parents. According to an article http://thenextweb.com/google/2014/04/30/google-turns-gmail-scanning-education-users-permanently-removes-ads-option/ from The Next Web "Google Apps for Education users will no longer have their emails scanned for use in advertising". This announcement was greeted as good news by many educators and concerned parties, who are committed [...]

Today the New York Times reported on the plight of New York City Schools' attempts to move away from "teaching to the test" in spite of "baked-in" and deeply entrenched practices. Times reporter Al Baker reported on P.S. 126 in Queens, and all the work students and teachers there are doing to prepare for the SAT. [...]