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The Use of Data Walls In Classrooms

September 10, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

Some teachers discovered that classroom data walls that tracks student progress on assessments are not the motivator for students they hoped they would be.

Filed Under: Education Reform Tagged With: data privacy, data walls, high stakes testing, student data

238 Education Data Bills Hit State Capitols in 2018 So Far

May 10, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

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.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: 2018 Bills, AB 2192, Arizona, California, data mining, data privacy, education data, HB 1314, HB 2651, HB 405, indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, S. 40, SB 107, SB 1224, SB 1411, student data, Tennessee

A Belated Win for Student Privacy

January 23, 2018 By Shane Vander Hart

The U.S. Department of Education recently found that the Agora Cyber Charter School in Pennsylvania did violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) almost five years after the complaint was made.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Agora Cyber Charter School, FERPA, student data, student data privacy, Student Privacy, U.S. Department of Education

The Big Congressional Data Grab Is Underway

November 1, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced the Foundations for Evidenced-Based Policymaking Act today which will create a national data clearinghouse that includes student data.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Blake Farenthold, Brian Schatz, data privacy, Derek Kilmer, Foundations for Evidenced-Based Policymaking Act, Patty Murray, Paul Ryan, student data, student data privacy, Trey Gowdy, U.S. Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

Who Is Surprised Hackers Are Targeting Schools?

October 30, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

With all of the student data mining and schools, districts and states storing those records electronically who is surprised by hackers targeting that data?

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: CNN, data security, student data, Student Privacy, U.S. Department of Education

Protecting Student Privacy By Promoting Student Data Collection?

October 27, 2017 By Shane Vander Hart

Gates-funded Data Quality Campaign is going to Congress to weigh in on the Student Privacy Protection Act (H.R. 3157 – 114th Congress) to be reintroduced.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Data Quality Campaign, FERPA, Morgan Polikoff, student data, student data privacy, Student Data Protection Act

Non-Profit Group To Receive California Student Data

February 16, 2016 By Shane Vander Hart

A federal district court granted the request of the California Parents Association to receive all of the personal information and school records of public school students.

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: California Parents Association, student data, student data privacy

North Dakota Governor Gladly Sacrifices Student Privacy for Free Tech

October 29, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple announced on Monday that students in his state would get access to free, FREE! cloud computing ala Microsoft Office 365 and EduTech. At what cost? I’m sure Microsoft is giving licenses away out of the goodness of their hearts. From the press release Governor Dalrymple’s office sent out: Gov. Jack […]

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: data privacy, EduTech, Jack Dalrymple, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Office 365, North Dakota, North Dakota Information Technology Department, student data

School Data Breaches: A New Trend Coming to a Minnesota School Near You

October 24, 2014 By Shane Vander Hart

Below is a guest op/ed by Anne Taylor a mom in Minnesota who is concerned about student data breaches in her local school district.  This is a problem that is not limited to Minnetonka, MN or even the state of Minnesota however. School Data Breaches: A New Trend Coming to a Minnesota School Near You […]

Filed Under: Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: Minnesota, Minnesota Department of Education, student data, student data privacy

West Virginia Board of Education Offers Resolution on Student Data

November 14, 2013 By Shane Vander Hart

Yesterday the West Virginia Board of Education approved a resolution related to how student data will be handled in the state.  Here is a copy of the resolution:   It’s a step. Similar to a resolution signed by Iowa Governor Terry Branstad it spells out that only aggregate data will be released to the Feds […]

Filed Under: Education at State Level, Privacy/SLDS Tagged With: data mining, data privacy, student data, Student Privacy, West Virginia Board of Education

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