Robby Soave writes: Students returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School this morning sporting new, mandatory transparent backpacks. This so-called safety measure, like so many others proposed in the wake of the horrific mass shooting—installing metal detectors, hiring more school resource officers, raising the minimum age to purchase an AR-15—is security theater. One can understand…
Category: Youth & Schools
UN Agencies and Civil Society Organisations’ joint statement: Coercion of children to obtain fingerprints and facial images is never acceptable
From the United Nations, via Joe Cadillic: BRUSSELS (28 February 2018) – We, the undersigned civil society and UN organizations, are concerned by proposals now under consideration as part of the ongoing reform of the Common European Asylum System which would allow the use of coercion to take the fingerprints and facial images of children….
EdTech: Parent raises privacy concerns about Mathletics
In the past month, I’ve been reading more parent concerns about student data being collected, stored, or shared without parent knowledge or consent. One such situation was brought to my attention recently by Leonie Haimson who had been made aware of some concerns about a math app called Mathletics. We’ll call the concerned parent “Annie…
Controversial PSU Research That Raised FERPA Concerns Withdrawn
Rob Manning reports that a public outcry following a graduate student exposing a concerning research study has resulted in the academic paper being withdrawn: An academic paper based on controversial research by faculty at Portland State University’s education school has been withdrawn from possible publication. A national academic journal had been reviewing PSU’s paper, which was…