Mary Cooley reports: A state lawmaker from the metro-east is pushing legislation that he says will make it more difficult for schools to acquire students’ passwords to their social media accounts. Rep. Dwight Kay, R-Glen Carbon, has filed legislation that would amend a state law that went into effect in January 2014. That original law…
Category: Youth & Schools
Pearson snooping on school students’ social media?
Dianne writes: There’s a growing outrage after reports today that Pearson Publishing have been spying on students. It is also reported that Pearson is working with some US education departments to censure students who have discussed tests on social media after taking them. Pearson apparently likes to call this ‘listening and monitoring‘. Read more on Save…
With Absolutely No Legal Basis To Do So, University Counsel Demands Yik Yak Take Down Posts, Turn Over User Info
Maybe we should expect stupid behavior in response to apps with stupid names? Tim Cushing writes: Universities are still freaking out over the fact that some of their students are racists and assholes. But rather than deal with the inevitability that any decent-sized grouping of people will contain a percentage of both, they’ve opted to shoot the…
Colorado education board not satisfied with answers on data privacy from testing company
Debbie Kelley reports: Are parents just being paranoid or are their concerns about the privacy of student data that’s collected during computerized testing and on surveys valid? Perhaps some of both. During a public hearing, the Colorado State Board of Education hosted Thursday, officials from the Colorado Department of Education and Pearson State Assessment Services…