Jane Robbins and Emmett McGroarty write: Much has been written about the dangers of the proposed Strengthening Education Through Research Act (SETRA), especially the bill’s extension of student data-collection to socioemotional data. But parents should realize the broader privacy problems with government-sponsored education “research.” Student data-privacy is supposedly protected on the federal level by the Family Educational…
Category: Youth & Schools
Colorado student data privacy bill on its way to becoming law
Joey Bunch reports: A bill to protect students’ online privacy while they are doing their school work is on its way to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. The Colorado House gave it final passage Thursday with a 65-0 vote. House Bill 1423 would prevent educational software and app makers from collecting any data that…
CT Senate passes bill protecting student data privacy, bill heads to Governor’s desk
Rep. Cristin McCarthy Vahey (D-Fairfield) praised passage of legislation that would protect student privacy by imposing certain restrictions on the use and sharing of student data. HB 5469, AN ACT CONCERNING STUDENT DATA PRIVACY, was passed by the Senate Wednesday evening. The bill now goes to the Governor’s desk. The legislation would restrict how student…
KS: High school student under investigation for taking inappropriate photos, videos of classmates
Katie Banks reports: Police are investigating following teenage girls’ claims they were caught on camera without their knowledge or permission. Shawnee police are now investigating one of their male classmates at Mill Valley High School in the De Soto School District for a possible privacy breach. Students at the high school and their parents agree…