Joe Cadillic sent along an article that’s a good reminder to parents to make sure that they understand their state’s laws and the policies of any doctors or hospitals they may take their children to — or that their children may contact. KCRG reports: A Coralville father recently found out he will no longer have…
Category: Youth & Schools
States Earn Low Grades on Student-Data Privacy Protections From New Report Card
Michelle Goldchain reports: A new report card that rates states on their efforts to protect student-data privacy was released by advocacy groups this week, but an independent privacy group said those ratings don’t reflect the range of legislation and efforts being made to keep student data safe. The Parent Coalition for Student Privacy and the…
Student privacy and the law of unintended consequences
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 be shared without a parent’s…
NY: Greece Police investigating after inappropriate pictures of teens surface on social media
If you’re a responsible parent of a school-age child, you’ve probably already had at least one conversation with your child(ren) about not taking nude selfies, not storing any sensitive pictures on a phone, and certainly not sharing any such pictures. It’s time to have a booster conversation, and you can use a situation in upstate…