Alex Geli reports: The fight over the privacy rights of students in a southeastern Pennsylvania school district is over. Meanwhile, a similar battle closer to home is quieting down. A high-profile lawsuit lodged against Boyertown Area School District by a group of students over privacy concerns in bathrooms and locker [Read More…]
Beginning this June, The University of New Mexico will update its student privacy practices to better safeguard Personally Identifiable Information (PII) as it relates to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act or FERPA, by reducing the information that can be shared with third parties without a student’s written consent. FERPA, which [Read More…]
Clare Dignan reports: The parent of an elementary school student is concerned students’ privacy is being violated by the school district after she found photos of students from across the district on her child’s school-provided iPad. The district has since wiped the device, provided a new iPad to the student [Read More…]
Jules Polenetsky and Amelia Vance write: In 2014, the Louisiana legislature passed a law to protect student privacy. It required parents to approve nearly any collection and sharing of student data. In other words, no student information — no accomplishments or addresses, no batting averages or GPAs — was to [Read More…]