Eric Freedman writes: What might otherwise be a routine discrimination suit about one aggrieved ex-student’s dismissal for poor academic performance has implicated the privacy rights of more than 100 other students. The case being played out in a Philadelphia federal courthouse pits Le Ke’s discrimination claims against a university’s legal duty and the rights of…
Category: Youth & Schools
LA: Student privacy bill advances to House for debate
AP reports that a compromise bill on student data privacy has made it out of the Education Committee in the Louisiana House. The bill is HB 946: The state education department would develop a new system that gives unique identifying numbers to students by mid-2015, rather than using social security numbers. New, detailed restrictions would…
Kansas House to debate student data privacy bill
AP reports: The Kansas House is preparing to debate legislation restricting the identifiable information collected on public school students. The bill on Wednesday’s calendar also restricts who could view the information. Read more on Hays Post.
When is it okay for parents to share children’s sensitive information publicly?
Over the last 30 years, I’ve spent a lot of time grappling with the thorny question of when is it okay to share a child’s sensitive information in a public forum or setting. Two videos recently posted online that included such disclosures got me thinking about this issue again. So let me start with some…