Education Matters

Creating a Real Time Data System for Reducing the Drop Out Rates in the US

Michelle Elia
June 2, 2015

A recent study entitled Building a Grad Nation: Progress and Challenge in Ending the High School Dropout Epidemic (http://gradnation.org/sites/default/files/18006_CE_BGN_Full_vFNL.pdf) was released by the Everyone Graduates at Johns Hopkins University School of Education (http://www.every1graduates.org/) and Civic Enterprises (http://www.civicenterprises.net/home), in partnership with America’s Promise (http://www.americaspromise.org/), and the Alliance for Excellent Education (http://all4ed.org/). It is an excellent study with […]

Education – the Key to World Peace?

Michelle Elia
May 28, 2015

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, from the Republic of Korea, discussed last week at the UN how education can lead to world peace. I wondered – was this founded on actual research? And if so, what kind of education are we talking about? So, I did the usual thing and Googled “Education and World Peace”. My search led […]

Concentrating on Education in Rural America

Michelle Elia
May 18, 2015

Before I start today’s article, let me tell you a little story about how I grew up. I was raised on 35 acres of land about 15 miles outside of St. Louis, MO. My parents, grandparents, and other family members have lived on this land for nearly 100 years. My grandparents farmed the ground where […]

Ensuring Student Data Privacy with CPSI Tools

Michelle Elia
May 12, 2015

Last week, I talked about the Student Digital Privacy Act and stated my opinion that it was not enough. I received some detailed explanations about the Act from Amelia Vance (Twitter: @ameliaivance), who is the Director of Education Data & Technology at NASBE . Thank you for taking the time to respond in such a detailed […]

The Student Digital Privacy Act is Just Not Enough

Michelle Elia
May 5, 2015

As a vendor, CPSI has always been cognizant of student privacy. Remember, we were founded in 1990 – BEFORE the internet was even readily available at schools! In those days, it was very easy to keep student privacy as long as teachers or administrators didn’t share passwords. Everything was kept at the district level, and […]