Reprinted with permission from Leonie Haimson, co-chair of the Parent Coalition for Student Privacy.
Anyone that has not dealt with this program first hand as a teacher, parent, student or observer really needs to make an unannounced visit to one of their schools. Words do no justice to explain the disgust one feels when they realize that the kids being exposed to this will be the ones that ultimately pay the price. “
Last October, the Washington Post published an article on its front page about the “personalized” online learning platform that Summit charter schools and Facebook developed in collaboration. This platform, called Summit Basecamp, is a learning management system complete with a curriculum, including projects, online resources and tests.
Currently, Summit claims that the program has been adopted in about 130 schools across the country, both public and charter schools. About 38 percent of schools using the platform are…
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