An update would usually indicate some type of new information, of which there is none. I have done a considerable amount of searching on what the relationship between these two entities is, and have come up with nothing. Nothing that justifies over $400,000 being spent. But sometimes no information is information. It tells me there is something there. I have not had any response from the Board of Education at the Delaware DOE, Mary Ann Mieczkowski, or Governor Markell’s office.
Some have had their doubts about my claims that the DOE is providing IEP information to PCG, or that the reasons for it are harmless. But the more I have researched PCG, the more I find of instance where they are a corporate entity meddling in education far too much. They own their technology and many state education agencies utilize it. How secure is that information? How much access does PCG have to it? What happens then if PCG gets hacked and all that information is out there? Why aren’t parents told what the relationship between PCG and the DOE is? Why is there no contract between the DOE and PCG? These are questions that need to be answered for myself and other parents to be satisfied.
I do realize my headline from a few days ago included “What company is buying special education data” was misleading. If my theories are correct, they aren’t buying the data. They are being paid to store it and many entities, including the Delaware DOE are giving that information.
The Season Of Myths 