little of this, little of that on student data
Interesting article from The Chronicle of Higher Education regarding the battle over student metrics. I was largely unaware prior to this article regarding the debate between advocates of a national student database and privacy advocates who oppose it. The article largely focuses on privacy issues.
Which bores me. I agree with Mark Zuckerberg, “Privacy is passé.”
Seriously, I don’t care if The Man knows I scored a 1320 of my 7th grade state standardized math test. Fighting the wrong battle. Gotta have metrics.
“Arne Duncan, U.S. education secretary, has expressed the hope that databases will one day track students from preschool through college to their careers.”
