The disturbing education issue that is not being mentioned in the media or by policy makers is the massive amount of personal information that will be collected on every child, all in the name of “education.” Ultimately, the government will have archived massive amounts of personal information about every person from birth.

“The concept I would be concerned about is creating a mega-agency, kind of a DSHS for students,” he said, referring to the Department of Social and Health Services. “It’s hard for me to see at this point how that’s going to improve outcomes for students in Puyallup or anywhere else.” – State Representative Dammeier

In Communist China, the government keeps data files on each of the ordinary citizens. Unfortunately, that system is well underway to being created here in the USA too.

It is costly, intrusive, threatens our freedoms and is funded by several levels of the government. This was written before 2001. Now,about a decade later, the programs’ names have been changed, and online education and data collection is so ubiquitous that we are becoming desensitized (or resigned) to this intrusion.