The Federal Trade Commission is considering several changes to this law that protects children’s online information. The FTC is accepting comments from the public, deadline December 9, 2019. Let them […]
Former Congressman Paul Ryan who sponsored the Foundations for Evidence-Based Policymaking Act of 2018, HR18-4174, is now investing in an evidence-based policy business. According to today’s Journal Sentinel piece, Ryan […]
World War I started, really, because Austria-Hungary wanted to stop the Serbian movement to create a Greater Serbia. They were planning to invade the country to make it part of […]
With the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act in January 2019, data interoperability of federal governmental agencies to/from each other can occur. This was seen as good bipartisan legislation […]
Dear Readers, We have referenced the work of Richard Phelps of the Non-Partisan Education Review in the past (see here and here). His work is critical to our discussion because […]
The old adage “If it walks like a duck…” comes to mind when you look at what the Springfield Public School Board is deciding to adopt for their “new’ math […]
With mounting concerns about school safety, screen addiction and screentime and known health and brain effects, increase in internet crimes, along with hyper focused national attention on data misuse, […]
Students are often presented with distracting, sometimes very inappropriate online ads while using school issued computers and software. These ads pop up or appear as side-bar recommendations to click here, […]
I know very few people attend the school board meetings- but here is a glimpse of what is really going on in our district.This beloved substitute was told never to […]
You may recall when teacher Peter Greene asked a brilliant question years ago, “Are Common Core Standards Actually Data Tags?” Greene said, “We’ve been saying that CCSS are limited because […]
This weekend I had the honor of addressing the Eagle Council in Washington DC about cognitive science’s case for limited technology in the classroom. The Education Panel that I sat […]