After months caught in the crosshairs of parents, advocates, and educators concerned about student-data privacy, controversial nonprofit inBloom announced Monday that it will close its doors.

Now, many school districts are storing all that information in the cloud. Non-profit inBloom offers an Internet database service that allows schools to store, track and analyze data on schoolchildren.

WICKFORD – At least there is one thing most residents of Wickford seem to agree on when it comes to the intersection of Phillips Street, Boston Neck Road and Brown Street: it needs work.

"In full alignment with the inBloom board of directors and funders, I have made the decision to wind down the organization over the coming months," said Iwan Streichenberger, inBloom's CEO ...

The problem inBloom helps to address is real: Teachers want to help students learn, but don’t have enough time to truly personalize learning for every student to meet their individual needs.