The U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham writes: Today we’re setting out the standards expected of those responsible for designing, developing or providing online services likely to be accessed by children, when they process their personal data. Parents worry about a lot of things. Are their children eating too much sugar, getting enough exercise or doing…
Category: Youth & Schools
MO: West Platte School District boasts new security system
You know that feeling when you don’t agree that someone has made a wise choice? Yeah, that one. Daniel Cobb reports: TriCorps Security Co. is helping to make the West Platte School District in Weston, Missouri, one of the safest schools in the country, according to the company’s Security Director of Business Development. Ninety-five high-quality,…
Lee County teacher allegedly films 5-year-old student on Snapchat
NBC reports: The Lee County Sheriff’s Office and the Lee County School District are investigating a San Carlos Elementary School teacher for allegedly violating a student’s privacy. In their report, deputies said a 5-year-old girl told her parents she was concerned after her teacher recorded a video of her in class that day and sent…
San Antonio ISD, University Health System to open middle school clinics
Alia Malik reports: An agreement with the University Health System will open health clinics at two middle schools in the San Antonio Independent School District. Trustees for SAISD unanimously approved the deal Monday night. Both clinics will serve students and district employees in portable buildings on school grounds. Superintendent Pedro Martinez said the goal is…