Adam Vrankuli writes: Biometric technology is making its presence known in a number of different sectors, and schools have proven to be a particularly controversial avenue of this recent expansion. Parents concerned for the privacy of their children, uncertain or unclear procurements, legislative pressures and issues surrounding decision-making are just a few of the issues…
Category: Youth & Schools
Data service inBloom calls it quits
Jo Napolitano reports: The technology nonprofit inBloom, created to build a massive cloud-based student data system, announced Monday it will close — just weeks after New York ordered it to delete state student records. In an open letter posted to the group’s website, inBloom chief executive Iwan Streichenberger said the Atlanta-based organization had become “a…
Louisiana Lawmakers Consider Student Privacy Bill
A student privacy bill, mentioned previously on this blog, had gotten hung up in the Louisiana legislature last month. Ashley Bateman has an update: A bill is making its way through the Louisiana legislature would revamp how schools and the state collect student data. Passed by the House and awaiting a vote in the Senate…
State Lawmakers Ramp Up Attention to Student Data Privacy
Andrew Ujifusa of McClatchy News confirms my impression that 2014 will be remembered as the year state legislatures started to address student data privacy: As the appetite for educational data on students has grown across the K-12 sector, so has the stated desire among many state lawmakers to try to protect the privacy and security…