AP reports: The New Jersey Education Department says it will do a review to make sure that students’ privacy is not compromised by a standardized testing firm that is monitoring social media for security breaches. Education Department lawyer Patricia Morgan made the announcement Thursday during a legislative hearing to review the monitoring. Read more on…
Category: Youth & Schools
Penn State president: Nude photos could lead to expulsions
Mark Scolforo of AP reports: Some students could be expelled over the Facebook posting of photos of nude and partly nude women by a now-suspended Pennsylvania State University fraternity, the university’s president said. Eric Barron said of the webpage: “It’s very sad, and it’s very offensive.” The nude photos include some of women who are…
Pearson exam board criticised for ‘disturbing’ monitoring of students’ social media posts
The Pearson social media scandal is being reported outside of the U.S. as well, it seems. Kashmira Gander reports: A US examination board has been forced to explain why it is monitoring children, after the Department of Education elerted a school that a student may have leaked test information on Twitter. A number of US…
Yale Law School Is Deleting Its Admissions Records, and There’s Nothing Students Can Do About It
Joseph Pomianowski reports: You just got lawyered. That was the takeaway from Yale Law School Dean Robert Post’s annual “State of the School” address last Tuesday. In frank terms, he explained that students who requested access to their educational records under the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) would no longer be receiving the…