In today's classroom society, it is no big surprise that technology is a game player. It is everywhere, from Google Classroom, to government-funded Chrome-books. All of this technology benefits both students and teachers. But at what costs do these benefits come? The Philadelphia SRC probably knows the answer to that question, as around February 8 of last year they were about to make an important decision that would affect many students. The decision the SRC was to embark on, was between the B12 resolution which allocated $10 million for virtual classes and adaptive learning systems, and the A7 resolution which allocated $9.5 million for cloud-based services that collect data and deliver educational content to students

The pictures each represent the company that is connected to the A7 resolution, which would be Pearson. Under the A7 resolution, Pearson offered its services towards the Philadelphia School district for a price of 9.5 million dollars. Their services are cloud based instead of a preferred hybrid of tech and education excluding cloud factors. Due to this, Pearson can use student data for financial business pursuits, ripping off the school district students and their parents in the process. Outside of Philadelphia, Pearson is believed to have been involved in a Silicon Valley “theft ring,” in which the data of millions of students was hoarded for financial pursuits of different companies. Pearson is also regarded as a product company of Windows. In fact since 2010 the CCSSI, has been in full operation. Pearson would play a major role in this 4 years after, as Bill Gates and Windows financially supported Pearson as a way of promoting the CCSSI (Common Core State Standard Initiative). Under CCSSI, Pearson then provided what was “neccessary” in English and Math for all students across America (in established Districts of course, as it excluded private schools, Catholic Schools and/or Charter schools).

To find out more about this, check out my podcast on the Carver Times site in the coming week of April. The podcast will connect the chronological dots in time demonstrating how Pearson went from a product of Windows to controlling the student data landscape.

To learn more about this topic. Please listen to my podcast below. Or listen to it on sound-cloud using the following link. https://soundcloud.com/7657666-416754464/a-students-choice