Erin McAuley reports: A high school unconstitutionally suspended a freshman for a harmless comment he wrote at home on his Facebook page, the boy and his family claim in court. R.L., a 15-year-old from Manchester, Pa., and his parents, Jill and Michael Lordan, sued Central York School District, its Superintendent Michael Snell and Central York…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: Ucas sells access to student data for phone and drinks firms’ marketing
Lucy Ward reports: Access to the data of more than a million teenagers and students and thousands of their parents is being sold to advertisers such as mobile phone and energy drinks companies by Ucas, the university applications body. The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service received more than £12m last year in return for targeted advertising and sales of…
Idaho student data privacy bill clears Senate
Dave Goins reports: Concerns about national Common Core Standards for K-12 public schools were expressed during the development of a student data privacy bill that cruised unanimously through the Idaho Senate Tuesday, Sen. John Goedde said. […] SB1372 contains an emergency clause – meaning that if it clears the Legislature, it would become law immediately…
FL: Keeping I.D. Safe Act Passes In House Committee
Space Coast Daily reports: The House Regulatory Affairs Committee today unanimously passed the Keeping I.D. Safe (K.I.D.S.) Act, a priority of Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam to keep Florida’s children safe from identity theft. More than 50,000 children in Florida become victims of identity theft every year and more than $100,000 million is stolen every…