Patience Wait reports: There does not have to be tension between implementing personalized learning for students and safeguarding those same students’ privacy through data protection policies, says a new report from the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE). The report, “Advancing Personalized Learning through Effective Use and Protection of Student Data,” argues that…
Category: Youth & Schools
Georgia school to drug-test students by using hair samples
AP reports: A private school in east Georgia intends to start drug-testing its oldest students. The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer reports that Brookstone School in Columbus recently announced that the drug-testing of students in grades 8-12 will be voluntary next school year — and then mandatory in succeeding years. Read more on Ledger-Enquirer. And yes, of course…
TUSD requests for student info raise privacy concerns at charter schools
Hank Stephenson reports: The Tucson Unified School District has filed public records requests with nearly 100 local charter schools seeking student directory information to try to woo kids and parents into attending TUSD. But the move has some charters schools and parents spooked about student data privacy. Read more of this Arizona Daily Star report…
Handcuffing a compliant student at school violated their Fourth Amendment rights, but officer gets qualified immunity
FourthAmendment.com writes: A police officer’s handcuffing a compliant child after a discussion in the school office violated the child’s Fourth Amendment rights. The event was long past with no risk of violence being shown by the child by the time that happened. The law, however, wasn’t clearly established by that time, and the officer gets…