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The "InBloom" initiative, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to collect and store student data in the cloud for third-party application developers. New York school officials and parents have expressed significant privacy concerns. InBloom is supported by the "Data Quality Campaign," another Gates-funded non-profit that lobbies for increased data collection in schools.
Bill Gates is a primary funder of the Common Core educational standards, which emphasize a "scientific and data-driven" approach to schooling. The InBloom platform is highlighted as a tool for tracking student performance through comprehensive data systems. Critics view this as a massive money grab for tech companies and a dangerous level of surveillance on American children.
