Scott Travis reports: The next time you step onto a Broward County school campus, the video camera may be able to watch and remember your movements. The Broward County School District plans to install a $621,000 surveillance system that includes technology that can recognize people. School District spokeswoman Kathy Koch said the cameras won’t include…
Category: Youth & Schools
AZ: Cottonwood high school badges violate student privacy
Briana Whitney reports: A Cottonwood high school is under fire by the ACLU after students say their privacy rights are being violated by the color of school ID they’re given. The policy at Mingus High School is simple: lowerclassmen wear red ID badge cards, and upperclassmen wear gray. But this year, upperclassmen who have fallen…
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Hosting providers can get FERPA compliance attestation, but apparently, they can, and at least one does. But who issues the attestation?
Denmark makes daycare compulsory in disadvantaged areas
What some might find authoritarian and violative of parental rights, others in other countries might wish for. Can you imagine parents in disadvantaged neighborhoods in the U.S. complaining about having daycare? But then as you read more, you can see where some might view a law requiring a child to be in mandatory daycare as…