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Reshaping Ability Grouping Through Big Data, Yoni H. Carmel, Tammy H. Ben-Shahar
Reshaping Ability Grouping Through Big Data, Yoni H. Carmel, Tammy H. Ben-Shahar
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
This Article examines whether incorporating data mining technologies in education can promote equality. Following many other spheres in life, big data technologies that include creating, collecting, and analyzing vast amounts of data about individuals are increasingly being used in schools. This process has already elicited widespread interest among scholars, parents, and the public at large. However, this attention has largely focused on aspects of student privacy and data protection and has overlooked the profound effects data mining may have on educational equality. This Article analyzes the effects of data mining on education equality by focusing on one educational practice--ability grouping--that …
Sector Agnosticism And The Coming Transformation Of Education Law, Nicole S. Garnett
Sector Agnosticism And The Coming Transformation Of Education Law, Nicole S. Garnett
Vanderbilt Law Review
Over the past two decades, the landscape of elementary and secondary education in the United States has shifted dramatically, due to the emergence and expansion of privately provided, but publicly funded, schooling options (including both charter schools and private school choice devices like vouchers, tax credits, and educational savings accounts). This transformation in the delivery of K12 education is the result of a confluence of factors-discussed in detail below-that increasingly lead education reformers to support efforts to increase the number of high quality schools serving disadvantaged students across all three educational sectors, instead of focusing exclusively on reforming urban public …