Maria Blough reports on how the Eau Claire Area School District is addressing parent concerns over its student privacy policy. Some parents are concerned that their children may not talk to them about issues such as gender identity and sexual orientation. If students confide in school personnel, privacy laws would [Read More…]
Pl share! Letter to Congress in opposition to privacy invasive College Transparency Act that wd allow feds to track every college student thru life; letter signed by @parents4privacy @ACLU @Fairplay @EPICprivacy @ConsumerFed @Network4publiced & others https://t.co/Rz5Ye6W4Lv pic.twitter.com/5f3g7fqrwu — leonie haimson (@leoniehaimson) March 14, 2022 Direct link to larger view of [Read More…]
Kristen Rary reports: A local elementary school student is at the center of a federal lawsuit. It’s over a parent’s right to know about their child’s on-going discussions with a school counselor about gender identity and bullying. The Clay County parents say they were only alerted after their child tried [Read More…]
Today, the Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) released a new report based on survey research conducted in Summer 2021 on parent, teacher, and student opinions about education technology (edtech) and student data. As recent research and news stories regarding invasive student activity monitoring software come to light, the report shows that an increasing number of [Read More…]