From Missouri Education Watchdog .....   If you watched yesterday’s Congressional Hearing on Strengthening Education Research and Privacy Protections to Better Serve Students –you heard one parent ask for transparency on how student data is collected, shared and used. You also heard many extolling the need for student data–both Congressmen and a panel of chosen research experts stated that it was not a parent’s right to opt out of data collection (one panel expert said that by registering your child in a public school, you are agreeing to have your child’s data collected) and all were very concerned about the effects opt out has on data. During the hearing, you also heard one … [Read more...]