Lynn Davenport - Testimony Against Technology/HB 1605 - Morath’s Amplify Bill - #AI #edtech

Rep Buckley’s HB 1605 - Tuesday, March 21.

This is a back door deal Morath already sealed before he had authority to do it. Now he’s steering a massive AI deal to Amplify through the legislature under the guise of OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER).

Count how many times you see the words “open education resources” in the bill.

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlod....ocs/88R/billtext/pdf

Contact the Public Ed Committee and tell them to STOP this legislation and vote AGAINST it.

Their contact information can be found here: https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=88R&CmteCode=C400

Commit, Texas 2036 (Margaret Spellings and Tom Luce), Texas Public Policy Foundation, Teach Plus, Greater Houston Partnership, and Texas Association of Business and are joining forces to lobby for this bill.

Remember, Margaret Spellings is on the Amplify board and was the former education secretary under GWB who brought us NCLB: https://tultican.com/2020/02/1....9/amplifying-profits

Spellings and Todd Williams at St. Michael’s church: https://open.spotify.com/episo....de/0riiOqOqJUVWvXHjI

There are lobbyists pushing HARD for this horrible bill that makes Common Core look like a dream. Technology is the ultimate privatization tool to replace teachers and deeply human interactions using AI, machine learning and predictive analytics.

This is about shifting resources from textbooks 📚 to digital devices 🤖 #txed #txlege #edtech

https://tech.ed.gov/open/

Alice Linahan warned about OER here back in 2018: http://www.voicesempower.com/t....his-is-how-local-cur