Does the right to a defense trump any students’ privacy rights under FERPA? If if a court orders it, it sure does, the defense claims – and I think they’re right. Britain Eakin reports: Accused Russian agent Maria Butina urged a federal judge Friday to allow her to seek information from the university she attended…
Category: Youth & Schools
School district rebuts NYCLU privacy claim
Connor Hoffman reports: New York Civil Liberties Union recently expressed concerns about Lockport City School District’s handling of potentially sensitive data when it responded to NYCLU’s request for information about its Smart Schools project. District Superintendent Michelle Bradley on Tuesday denied the district gave out any potentially sensitive data in its response to NYCLU’s Freedom of…
Café Swaps Espresso for Personal Info
No. No, no, no, no, no. A thousand times “No!” But it’s happening anyway. Greg Toppo explains: A small but growing café chain is strategically opening locations near Ivy League universities and other top campuses, offering an irresistible bargain or, depending on your point of view, an unconscionable one. The cashless Shiru cafés give out…
Police-Grade Surveillance Technology Comes to the Playground
Sidney Fussell reports: As other elementary schools across the country were preparing for the new school year by cleaning classrooms and training teachers, Hermosa Elementary, in Artesia, New Mexico was also installing a network of wireless microphones that could pick up the specific concussive audio signature of gunfire. Placed high in classrooms and hallways, the…