Sharon Noguchi from the Mercury News recently wrote an update regarding this controversial release of student data. I emailed a bit of the background story and information on how to remove your child's data from being released. (Later, news outlets clarified that the "removal form" wasn't to be; it was simply an objection to the release of your child's data.)
Well, it looks like the word getting out really worked.
Noguchi wrote:
"Responding to overwhelming public protest, a federal judge has decided records of 10 million California students won't be released to attorneys in a special-education lawsuit.
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After news of the pending data release spread, the court has been so inundated with objection forms that it can't even read them. (Judge) Mueller this week ordered the forms archived in sealed boxes."
This is a good reminder that "We, the People" can - and still - matter in bringing about effective changes in government.
Because "we" comprise and are the government.
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