Joe Cadillic has compiled some interesting – and disturbing – statistics: Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drones released a report about law enforcement acquiring drones and what they found is troubling. The report claims that at least 910 public safety agencies across the country are using drones. “In this update to the Center for…
Category: Youth & Schools
NY: Lockport Schools $2.7 Million Spy Camera Boondoggle
Jim Schultz reports that Lockport School District got snookered into wasting millions of dollars on surveillance instead of education: Even though Lockport is a very small school district (just 4,600 students overall), next fall when our students return to class they will be greeted with something no other schools in the nation have, a $2.7…
Trump’s Education Department steps up to defend student privacy
Jane Robbins writes: Many parents have been disappointed by the lack of meaningful corrective action by the U.S. Department of Education (USED), at least in pre-K-12 education, under Betsy DeVos’s leadership. But give credit where due. USED deserves kudos for a guidance document issued recently by the department’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). Someone there…
Department of Education Advises that Schools Can Comply with the Clear and Present Danger Reporting Requirements of the Firearm Concealed Carry Act without Violating FERPA
Amy Kosanovich Dickerson and Kendra Yoch of Franczek Radelet P.C. write: The Firearm Concealed Carry Act (CCA) went into effect in 2013. One of its provisions requires a principal or designee to make a report to the Illinois Department of State Police (ISP) “when a student is determined to pose a clear and present danger…