A national educational group, in partnership with K-8 schools, gathers information on every school-aged child in the United States including their name, social security number, address, hobbies, disciplinary records and scores on tests and homework. The organization posts the information in a "big data" site that is accessible only to school administrators. Which of the following decisions, based on information in the database, may be considered discriminatory?

a. Referring a student to another school because their address doesn't meet a county residency requirement.

b. Excluding a student from a gifted program because the database indicates that English is not their first language.

c. Sending children who have indicated the hobby of "bike-riding" a brochure about a related summer camp.

d. Selecting a group of students for a "High Academic Achievement" award.

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29 September, 18:06

A national educational group, in partnership with K-8 schools, gathers information on every school-aged child in the United States including their name, social security number, address, hobbies, disciplinary records and scores on tests and homework. The organization posts the information in a "big data" site that is accessible only to school administrators. Which of the following decisions, based on information in the database, may be considered discriminatory?

a. Referring a student to another school because their address doesn't meet a county residency requirement.

b. Excluding a student from a gifted program because the database indicates that English is not their first language.

c. Sending children who have indicated the hobby of "bike-riding" a brochure about a related summer camp.

d. Selecting a group of students for a "High Academic Achievement" award.

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b. Excluding a student from a gifted program because the database indicates that English is not their first language.

Explanation:

A national education system that gathers information of student's can't exclude any student. Leaving that aside, excluding students who don't speak English as their first or native language is racist.