Johanna Miller, the advocacy director for the New York Civil Liberties Union, writes: A student’s cell phone isn’t a wallet or hairbrush. Its contents can be as personal as a diary. In a Texas school district, for example, a teacher seized a student’s phone and searched her text-message history, discovering a private nude photograph she had…
Category: Youth & Schools
Hampden Wilbraham Regional School Committee says NO to giving PARCC access to students’ social media accounts
Dave Madsen reports: WILBRAHAM, Mass (WGGB) — Protecting a student’s right to privacy. The Hampden Wilbraham Regional School Committee saying no to giving the company that oversees PARCC testing access to student’s (sic) social media accounts. School committee members taking a stand for student’s rights to privacy. In a letter to the Massachusetts department of elementary and…
Privacy policies and Security– can we get it right???
In a parent perspective on privacy, Olga Garcia-Kaplan writes: We talk about building trust so that we can work on protecting student data privacy, but it is difficult to protect student privacy only with policy. We need to also advocate for proper encryption of databases and privacy training. Only when we educate users (schools, districts,…
Are Colleges Invading Their Students’ Privacy?
Sophie Quinton writes: At Georgia State University, algorithms alert advisers when a student falls behind in class. Course-planning tools tell students the classes and majors they’re likely to complete, based on the performance of other students like them. When students swipe their ID cards to attend a tutoring or financial-literacy session, the university can send…