New York State Begins Massive Surveillance Program of Students Aged 5 and Over

New York delays InBloom student database launch until next school year (lohud.com)

ALBANY — A statewide database of identifiable student information has been delayed to the start of the next school  year, according to the state Education Department.

New York had pledged by January to share data on its students -- including names and addresses -- with inBloom, a non-profit funded by the Gates Foundation. But the release of the information  to inBloom was later delayed to April at the earliest amid concerns from parents and lawmakers.

Now the database, known as EngageNY, isn’t expected to be fully up and running until September, with the remaining data on 2.5 million students sent to inBloom two months prior to its launch, according to an Education Department spokesman.