Noting that “FERPA is not getting the job done,” Daniel Solove and Paul Schwartz describe how legislation in California could set a new higher bar for student privacy: What of educational privacy law in California? The core interest in this area of the state’s law is transparency. California law permits parents to access the school…
Category: Youth & Schools
SIBA CEO: Florida Senate’s vote to ban biometrics in schools reflects misconceptions about identity theft
Janice Kephart, founder and CEO of the Secure Identity and Biometrics Association (SIBA) has issued a press release stating in no uncertain terms that the Florida Senate’s near unanimous vote of March 27 to ban biometrics in all schools lacks common sense and denies schools the opportunity to improve safety, standards, and fiscal accountability. “The Senate vote…
Update: Minnewaska School District strengthens privacy protections after settlement with ACLU-MN
Two years ago, the ACLU filed suit against Minnewaska Area Schools for disciplining a student who had posted a negative comment about a staff member while in the privacy of her home. As part of the district’s response, they demanded the student’s login credentials to Facebook. The case raised free speech and privacy issues. This week, the ACLU…
Snooping on students’ digital footprints won’t improve their experiences
Simon Renton writes: …. The inherent danger of learning analytics is that they reduce complex interactions to simple statistics, which risks distancing educators from the student experience and shifting the focus towards trends and predictions. Improving performance and reducing drop-out rates is obviously important for both students and institutions. But there are many factors which…