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About Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins is a senior fellow at American Principles Project, an attorney, and the co-author of the upcoming book Deconstructing the Administrative State: The Fight for Liberty.

Common Core, The Great “Leveler”

October 18, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: The latest ACT scores show that Common Core has been a great leveler – just not in the way it was promised.

Filed Under: Common Core State Standards, Education Reform Tagged With: ACT, Common Core, Common Core State Standards, NAEP

What Data Are Colleges Collecting on Our Kids?

August 17, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Individuals should be free to accomplish their own dreams by virtue of their unique characteristics. Impersonal algorithms should not block that chance.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: behavioral engagement, Brad Shear, Capture, College Admissions, data mining, online surveillence, online tracking, Student Privacy, Technolutions

Do You Know What Data Is Being Collected On Your Student?

August 3, 2018 By Jane Robbins

What a Georgia Parent discovered should be a warning to all parents of school-age children: Monitor everything that goes on in the classroom.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Georgia, student data mining, Student Privacy

Responding to The 74 Jumping on the Social-Emotional Learning Bandwagon

July 23, 2018 By Jane Robbins and Karen Effrem

Jane Robbins and Karen Effrem: Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) is far more subjective and invasive, and far less effective, than proponents claim. Maybe The 74 should take another look.

Filed Under: Social Emotional Learning Tagged With: CASEL, Emotional Intelligence, Gates Foundation, Social-Emotional Learning, The 74

How Parents Can Push Back Against Troubling Trends in Education

June 18, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Parents are in charge here, and unless they can show you a state or federal statute requiring you to subject your child to the objectionable mandate, stand your ground.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: data privacy, education technology

Will Utah Fight for Parental Control After Feds Deny ESSA Opt-Out Waiver?

June 11, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: The clash in Utah is between parents’ inherent right to govern their children’s education and indeed protect them from harm, as explicitly protected by state law, and federal mandates. Guess which won?

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Donald Trump, Every Student Succeeds Act, Jason Botel, parental opt out, Utah State Board of Education

Will Altering Growth Mindsets Improve Student Performance? Research Says No.

May 29, 2018 By Jane Robbins

Jane Robbins: Teachers are encouraged by the education establishment to spend precious class time on “interventions” that create a growth mindset in students and increase their achievement, but a new meta-study finds that such interventions generally don’t work.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: Andrew Gelman, Carol Dweck, Case Western Reserve University, growth mindsets, mental health, Michigan State University, Science Daily, Social-Emotional Learning, Timothy Bates

Parkland Shooter Was Involved in PROMISE Program

May 8, 2018 By Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle

Jane Robbins and Erin Tuttle: Broward County Public Schools has now confirmed that the shooter at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL was indeed assigned to the federally lauded, vehemently protected, but tragically ineffective PROMISE program.

Filed Under: Federalized Education Tagged With: Broward County Public Schools, Broward County Sheriff's Department, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, PROMISE, school discipline, Scott Israel, U.S. Department of Education

Parents, Be Wary of “Digital Learning”

May 7, 2018 By Jane Robbins and Karen Effrem

Jane Robbins and Karen Effrem: Parents demand answers about what “digital learning” is really doing in the classroom, refuse your child’s participation in NAEP if invited, and make it clear that your child is not a guinea pig.

Filed Under: Education Reform

Malkin’s Right: Silicon Valley’s-Beltway Ed Data Mining Has Been Ignored

April 16, 2018 By Jane Robbins and Emmett McGroarty

Jane Robbins and Emmett McGroarty: The politicians vented their outrage about Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, censorship of conservative content, etc., but Michelle Malkin points out, “not a peep was heard about the Silicon Valley-Beltway theft ring purloining the personal information and browsing habits of millions of American schoolchildren.”

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Cambridge Analytica, education tech, Every Student Succeeds Act, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Michelle Malkin, Silicon Valley, student data mining

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