From the what-could-possibly-go-wrong dept., Christina Bonnington reports: St. Louis University is getting into the smart speaker and connected living space trend in a big way. The university announced plans to put a total of 2,300 Amazon Echo Dots in all the student dorms and apartments on campus this week. It’s a curious move that may…
Category: Youth & Schools
Good Spirit identified threat suspect in letter to parents, Privacy Commissioner says
CTV reports: The Saskatchewan Privacy Commissioner has determined that the Good Spirit School Division breached a student’s privacy in a letter sent home about a threat to the school. The report from the privacy commissioner released Aug. 9 says the school division sent home a letter about a gun threat in early 2018. The letter…
Lawsuit Claims the ACT Sells Students’ Disability Data to Colleges
Samantha Cole reports: Students are suing a major college admissions test maker for allegedly selling information about their disability statuses with universities, which they say could hurt their chances at getting into schools and impact the rest of their lives. When students register to take the ACT—a standardized test used for college admissions taken by…
School Board Demands Journalists Be Punished For Committing Journalism
I’d call this one from the horses-and-barn-doors dept. Tim Cushing reports: A redaction failure by a public entity has led to a request for contempt charges to be brought against a Florida newspaper and two of its reporters. The Sun Sentinel obtained a copy of the Broward County School Board’s report on the Parkland shooter…