Justin Andrews reports: Tuesday, Iowa City School District board members approved a plan on how to educate a student who is a registered sex offender. After a 30-minute closed session, the board decided where to place the student. The board voted 5-0 to accept the recommendation from superintendent Stephen Murley for the placement of the…
Category: Youth & Schools
Student privacy bill approved by California Assembly
California’s Assembly today approved a first-in-the-nation online privacy measure, authored by Senate Leader Darrell Steinberg, which prohibits uses of student personal information for profit. Senate Bill 1177, the Student Online Personal Information Protection Act (SOPIPA), passed unanimously on a 71-0 vote and heads back to the Senate for concurrence. Read more about the bill on…
9 Things You Can Do Right Now to Protect Your Kids’ Privacy at School
Dan Tynan writes: Worried about what happens to all that data your child is generating while in school? There are things you can do to gain more control over what happens to your child’s data. None are as easy as installing an app or changing browser settings, but here’s what you can do now. Read…
Future of Privacy Forum Launches Website for Student Privacy
From their press release: As schools increasingly rely on data to improve education, and as teachers increasingly rely on technology in the classroom to improve the learning experience, privacy concerns are being raised about the collection and use of student data. With ‘back to school’ now in full-swing, and to address both the promise and…