It is unfortunate that there isn't a more serious discussion taking place about data collection, use, protection, etc in education. Certainly, there are folks o

It is unfortunate that there isn't a more serious discussion taking place about data collection, use, protection, etc in education. Certainly, there are folks out there making suggestions about data use more generally (e.g. Sandy Pentland's 'New Deal on Data') - but it's a worry that a highly publicized negative event could create additional public resistance to technology in education right when we should be running towards the new tools/opportunities that could be created. I remain skeptical that core education will be entirely digital in the near future - but that hardly means that we can't/won't/shouldn't see significantly more data collection and use within the classroom. There are limits to how much knowledge even the best teachers can have about student competency/ability without better data tools. It has to be a part of the way forward, so let's be smart about the rollout.