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Anita Hoge’s Call to Activism

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Charlotte Thomson IserbytWhat Cit­i­zens Can Do

Ani­ta Hoge’s ground­break­ing arti­cle, “The Great­est Christ­mas Present to Amer­i­ca 2014,” pub­lished yes­ter­day on abc­sof­dumb­down is now also post­ed on NewsWith­Views. Ani­ta has now fol­lowed up with some impor­tant activism. She advises:

My arti­cle gives a link for every state to look up their Nation­al Cen­ter for Edu­ca­tion Sta­tis­tics (NCES) grant for a state lon­gi­tu­di­nal data sys­tem that uses a “nation­al unique ID” and con­nects to the nation­al data ware­house. This is a “womb to work­place” sys­tem that mon­i­tors indi­vid­u­als cre­at­ing a com­plete gov­ern­ment dossier includ­ing atti­tudes, val­ues, and beliefs.

Back­ground infor­ma­tion (4 articles): 
The Great­est Christ­mas Present to Amer­i­ca 2014 
Penn­syl­va­nia Cit­i­zens Call for Mora­to­ri­um on Data Col­lec­tion: The Sto­ry Behind the Penn­syl­va­nia Press Release and Open Let­ter

Fol­low These Steps:

  • Read my com­pre­hen­sive overview on Char­lotte Iser­byt’s blog:
    http://abcsofdumbdown.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-greatest-christmas-present-to.html
  • Please share this arti­cle with oth­er states. 
  • Please send this arti­cle all over the Unit­ed States to all of your friends, neigh­bors, and relatives. 
  • Send my arti­cle to your elect­ed representatives. 
  • Get your state lon­gi­tu­di­nal data sys­tem and read what the gov­ern­ment has in store for you in the track­ing and traf­fick­ing of your family.
  • Demand an inves­ti­ga­tion into this data track­ing and trafficking. 
  • Please look at Penn­syl­va­ni­a’s Press Release as a mod­el to request your mora­to­ri­um in your state.

If you want to see the nation­al mod­el, look at Penn­syl­va­ni­a’s grant first. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/slds/pdf/Pennsylvania2009.pdf

  • Sec of Labor let­ter, page 48 of 174
  • Con­nect­ing wages and SSN, page 48 of 174
  • ESchol­ar, page 16 of 174
  • FERPA need­ed changed, page 19 of 174
  • Stan­dard­ize the con­tent, page 23 of 174
  • Nation­al ID, page 36 of 174