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Predicting H.S. Dropouts With Pervasive Databases

Posted by timothy on from the you-want-privacy-with-that dept.

rhadamanthus writes "As seen on the Houston Chronicle: 'With a new computer database available at every campus this fall, teachers can keep a virtual eye on every student and identify those at risk of leaving. For the first time, educators can look up a student's attendance, discipline, immigration status, grades, and test scores at one source and use that information to predict dropouts. ... "All students will know someone is watching them, tracking them, and is interested in their success," school board member Laurie Bricker said at a press conference today.' Hooray for surveillance in the HISD."

12 of 467 comments (clear)

  1. i made it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!

    id like to thank god, jesus, and the GNAA

  2. meh, I'm a dropout. by B3ryllium · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    soooooooooooo lazy.

    This is me in grade 9, baby. This is me in grade 9.

  3. will this be accessible to me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sincerely,

    Ronald McDonald

  4. The Perfect Name? by smd4985 · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    DoYouHaveAFUTUREMap .
    The DoD has the right idea. ;)

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    smd4985
  5. Who has how many guns? by civilengineer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Is this information stored?

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    New year Resolution: Don't change sig this year
  6. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Those of us who want a real education get nothing out of it.

    Glad your inability to spell proves your point.

  7. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, Mr. Grammar Nazi.

    This keyboard isn't the best one in the world and often times I don't hit a key hard enough to get it to work.

    Fucking prick, if you are going to make an argument, try attacking my reasoning instead of a few typos.

  8. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    wow, grammarnazi was being an idiot and picked up on no spelling mistakes at all in your post.

    If you're that easily convinced you did something wrong I really doubt your intelligence far more than someone who merely spells improperly (like me!)

  9. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Actually, I did make a spelling mistake.

    Heaven forbid that a student get out of the wretched

    There should be an 's' appended to the end of get to make it correct. Now who's intelligence should we be doubting now?

  10. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dude you can reverse a typo YOU did and convince yourself it makes someone else dumb LOL LOL LOL. I'm an idiot and proud of it but at least I'll admit it!!!

  11. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is the most bizarre thread I've seen on /. in a long while.

  12. Re:Disturbing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Perhaps people were not concentrating on simple typos and attacked the argument, we could have a real discussion here?

    I never said anyone was dumb, I merely took someone's argument that was used on me, pointed out that person's flaws, and used it against them.

    Heven forbid that someone actually tries to defend their point! Heresy!