There’s a game being played by Republican Party politicians @ShelleyLutherTX@AngelaPaxtonTX@JaredLPatterson@GregAbbott_TX@FairlyForTexas where they celebrate big wins against BigTech and #edtech apps while voting for the expansion of technology in the classroom.
They all have this in common:
💻 They support Texas Bluebonnet under HB 1605 which is digital common core and bribes ISDs with grant money to adopt a state-owned curriculum aligned with UNESCO and WEF.
💻 They supported the cell phone ban for devices issued by parents with no mention of Chromebooks and iPads issued by the government to all students using bond debt.
💻 They support the new tripled STAAR which is online and increases testing from one test a year to three days of online testing on devices where massive amounts of data are collected on our kids and AI is used to grade them.
💻 They support Morath, @GregAbbott_TX’s appointed commissioner of TEA, who is a software entrepreneur and major driver of data harvesting through @Commit2Dallas, edtech vendors, consultants, P3s like Educate Texas, and online testing companies like Pearson and Cambium.
💻 They support voucher subsidies which will align all recipients with government regulations, including access to private school and home school children while driving up virtual school enrollment and harvesting data on private school teachers and students.
💻 Their feigned outrage regarding digital apps and BigTech is an empty platitude.
💻 Republicans are the biggest drivers of BigTech and edtech with 30 years of power in Texas. (see also NCLB and Istation rider)
💻 Texas has mined more student data than any other state and education is THE MOST data mineable industry to date.
Every click can be monetized. And it is….
Here’s the well in November 2024. It’s been leaking toxic brine into the ground for over 18 months. Now it’s also flowing oil. Chevron doesn’t care. The Texas Railroad Commission doesn’t care either.
@NicoleAuerbach So should Pavia had played last year? Out of eligibility but had a judge rule in his favor. What about Chamblis out of eligibility but judge ruled in his favor.
Judge ruled in sorsby’s favor IE the legal system.
@davidpollack47@RyanHyattMedia@Brooks_UGA His program literally had a staffer killed in a reckless driving incident and then had multiple reckless driving incidents follow.