Students and staff in a Missouri school district learned that their district-issued Google Drive accounts have been collecting personal data without their knowledge.
What Data Are Colleges Collecting on Our Kids?
Jane Robbins: Individuals should be free to accomplish their own dreams by virtue of their unique characteristics. Impersonal algorithms should not block that chance.
Virginia School Posts Students Health Information Online
Norfolk Public Schools in Virginia illegally posted dozens of students’ private health information online, as part of the district’s crisis plans The Virginian Pilot reports.
ACT Sued by Disabled Students Over Release of Personal Information
A class action lawsuit was filed against ACT by a group of disabled students and parents of disabled students for release of their disability status.
Is Your Student’s School’s Website Mining Data?
The New York Times reports that information on school websites is not as safe as one would think. Most tracking scripts on school websites are benign, but not always.
Do You Know What Data Is Being Collected On Your Student?
What a Georgia Parent discovered should be a warning to all parents of school-age children: Monitor everything that goes on in the classroom.
Student Data For Sale
Natasha Singer in The New York Times wrote about how student data collected by the College Board through surveys connected with the SAT and PSAT.
Report Reveals a Lack of Transparency In Marketplace of Student Data
A study from Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy uncovered and documented an overall lack of transparency in the student information commercial marketplace and an absence of law to protect student information.
238 Education Data Bills Hit State Capitols in 2018 So Far
Data Quality Campaign reports there are 238 bills related to education data in state legislatures this year so far, and less than a third (70) have anything to do with protecting student data privacy.
Coalition Calls on Congress to Rewrite FERPA
American Principles Project and individuals from more than 100 organizations including Education Liberty Watch and Eagle Forum called on Congress to rewrite the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
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