Words fail. Erin Sullivan reports: Once again, Florida makes national news. This time it’s over a lawsuit against Valencia College in Orlando, claiming that students in the school’s sonography program were forced to undergo routine transvaginal ultrasounds, in which a large probe is inserted into a woman’s vagina, or be kicked out of the program and…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: David Cameron to appoint Joanna Shields as web safety minister
Charlotte Henry reports: Joanna Shields, the former Facebook executive turned Conservative peer, is set to be appointed as minister for internet security in the new government. Baroness Shields is formally listed on the government’s website as a minister in the department for culture, media and sport. However, she has not yet been given a full…
Prying parents: Phone monitoring apps flourish in S. Korea
In light of recent news and conversations about training and monitoring kids’ use of cellphones, I was interested to read this report about South Korea. YoukYung Lee of AP reports: Lee Chang-june can be miles from his 12-year-old son but still know when he plays a smartphone game. With the press of an app he…
Dutch privacy watchdog forces changes in school tablets data
Telecompaper reports: Snappet, a Dutch supplier of tablets and software for the classroom, has adapted its privacy policy following pressure from the Dutch data protection regulator CBP. The CBP started an investigation into the company last September, amid concerns it was not handling pupil results in line with personal data protection law. Snappet compared students’…