Prashant K. Nanda reports: New Delhi: Aadhaar, the Unique Identification Number that 890 million Indians possess, could soon find a mention on all educational certificates from Class X onward, in a move that will, apart from helping students and employers, also tackle the fake educational degree menace in India. The Ministry of Labour and Employment…
Category: Youth & Schools
Oklahoma Withholds School Graduation Rates, Citing Privacy Law
I’ve had a number of concerns over the past few years about how Oklahoma interprets federal and state student privacy laws. Here’s yet another example – this time where they’re withholding information, citing state law. Nate Robson reports: The state Department of Education refuses to release the graduation rates for 58 percent of the state’s…
Clark County School District pushes to release deceased student’s farewell notes
Neal Morton reports that a school district is seeking court permission to release a student’s private farewell notes. The district’s motion, within the context of defending a lawsuit against them stemming from the student’s suicide, raises questions of privacy: The Clark County School District hopes to win favor in the court of public opinion with the unsealing of several…
More Campuses Are Scanning Students’ Eyeballs Instead Of IDs
Kim Bellware reports: Blink and you’ll miss dinner. Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond is the latest institution to jump aboard the biometrics bandwagon. On Wednesday, the school announced it had added two iris cameras to the campus dining hall so that students can use their eyes instead of their ID for access. “Students won’t need their ID…