Education Spotlight: Rhithm
Updated: Jan 5
Rhithm Website
Rhithm is a SEL tool.
Rhithm's Two Founders:
Josh Knutson
Jake Gannon
Rhithm was bought by Securly in April 2022 which is owned by Golden Gate Capital (2021).
Securly CEO:
Bharath Madhusudan
Securly has location in North Carolina, India, Mexico & the UK.
Josh Knutson Twitter:
See "Ed Spotlight: Restorative Discipline/Practices".
Jake Gannon Twitter & Facebook:
Bharath Madhusudan Information:
See "Ed Spotlight: Bharath. Madusudan".
Securly Information:
See former Midland Superintendent "Ed Spotlight: Angelica Ramsey".
Jake Gannon Posts About Rhithm:
See "Ed Spotlight: Screen Time".
Correspondence With A Mental Health Expert
01/05/2023
by Remain Unknown
Fort Worth parents push back on app that asks kids to pick an emoji reflecting their moods
The Dallas-based program is among survey-related tools FWISD uses to check in on students’ well-being.
12/08/2022
Rhithm App in FWISD 2022 Testimony
10/2022
by FWISD Concerned Parent
"Using Rhithm rewires your children's brain." - FWISD Concerned Parent Quote (minute 0:37)
Rhithm Data Used To Call CPS In Texas School
09/16/2022
by Texas Freedom Coalition
Mental Assessment ‘Rhithm’ Backpedals After LISD letter, Texas Scorecard Article
05/03/2022
By Carole Hornsby Haynes
Securly Acquires Rhithm
by Businesswire
04/21/2022
See "Ed Spotlight: WSCC (Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child) | Community Schools".
Some Montgomery school parents feel Rhithm app may violate their rights, privacy of children.
02/24/2022
by Montgomery Advertiser
Haynes: Public Schools Practice Medicine Without a License
11/30/2021
by Texas Scorecard
$4M for Emoji-Based Student Wellness Platform
05/19/2021
by David Seeley
*Above from parent on fb about article (not a quote from article itself).
"Parents are asking how are state leaders seeing this data? Who else is the data being shared with? Why do children need to be assessed daily? When did public schools start doing breathing exercises?" - Lewisville Concerned Parent
Emoji Based Mental Health Assessments
Coming to a School District Near You!
2021
by Voices Empower
ISD Admitting ​Rhithm used biopsychosocial assessments, leads to interventions and data can be shared with 3rd parties (if not for marketing)
LISD_Rhithm
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Rhithm admits that they are doing biopsychosocial assessments on the children and define what that means:
Note: They have now changed their marketing materials and excluded that they are performing biopsychosocial assessments.
Rhithm will share your child's data under the guise of any 'educational use' (see FERPA).
See "Ed Spotlight: FERPA".
See "Education Timeline".
See recommend you opt your child out of all SEL. See OPT OUT.
Texas school districts, see our SEL solutions.