As lawmakers run in place, databrokers and third-party vendors are sprinting ahead in the ways they collect and use students’ personally identifiable information, which includes student directory information. — Sheila Kaplan, Education New York Sheila Kaplan (@SheilaLKaplan on Twitter) is a long-time student privacy advocate. For the more than one decade that I have followed…
Category: Youth & Schools
More school districts turn to online security services to monitor threats
Amelia Harper writes: With the 2017-18 school year going on the books as the deadliest school year in decades, school leaders are looking at ways to prevent more school tragedies. The need to protect the lives of students and teachers has caused school districts to examine a number of solutions, including the increased monitoring of…
How Third Parties Can Collect Student Data Without Parental or Individual Consent
Henry Kronk writes: With each new semester and school year, educators are constantly seeking to determine how they can improve their teaching methods and learning outcomes. And in the past few years, that quest has repeatedly taken the same route: digital technology. Pedagogies like personalized or blended learning have shown promising results. Use of tools…
IL: Deal would give Danville police access to school radio, video feeds
Tracy Crane reports: Danville police and school officials are working this summer on an agreement that would allow police to access school radio communications and video feeds during an emergency. Dave Wesner, the city’s corporation counsel, said the agreement would allow Danville police and other emergency personnel to hear radio communications by administrators and teachers…