Lindsay Clein and John Gerding report: Police and school leaders in Fair Grove are investigating a possible invasion of privacy during band practice. A few students have been accused of using an electronic device to record girls changing clothes. Because this is a sensitive case involving minors, officials aren’t saying much. Authorities did, however, tell…
Category: Youth & Schools
Student-Privacy Pledge for Ed-Tech Providers Draws Praise, Criticism
Michele Molnar reports: K-12 student-privacy pledge released Tuesday and signed by prominent ed-tech providers prompted immediate statements of concern from some advocacy groups about whether self-regulation will do the job of protecting student data. The voluntary Pledge to Safeguard Student Privacy, co-authored by the Software and Information Industry Association or SIIA, and the Future of Privacy…
Microsoft and Other Firms Pledge to Protect Student Data
Natasha Singer reports: A week after California enacted a landmark law restricting the ways education technology companies can use the information they collect about elementary through high school students, a group of leading industry players is pledging to adopt similar data protections nationwide. The 14 companies include: Microsoft; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the educational publishing house; Amplify, a…
Politics Trumped Facts in the Fight To Kill InBloom in New York
Sheila Kaplan (EducationNY) writes: The good news about inBloom’s brief involvement with New York is that more parents are now aware of the collection and use of their children’s information. But the bad news far outweighed this new-found concern for student privacy issues. Unfortunately, the political maneuverings and vitriol of anti-inBloom forces ultimately spread misinformation…