The Associated Press reports that in a 6-5 vote, Wisconsin Assembly’s Education Committee has passed a bill designed to protect student data. Here’s what caught my eye: All four committee Democrats and Republican Rep. Steve Nass voted against passage, with the six other Republicans supporting it. Democrats voted against a bill to protect privacy? There’s…
Category: Youth & Schools
UK: 13-year-old defies ‘big brother’ and refuses to be fingerprinted
Justin King reports: Since 2012, over 800,000 children have had their biometric data taken by the government in the United Kingdom via the school system. One 13-year-old girl is refusing to comply with the demands. […] A 13-year-old student at a school in Wales refused to submit to the data collection. Melody, whose last name…
Student Portal Work Gets Encryption-Level Security
Dian Schaffhauser reports: A non-profit organization that’s working to help school districts create student portals to allow for the integration and reporting of data for school-related purposes has teamed up with two technology companies to ensure that the student records under its management are securely maintained. Although the organization isn’t identified in a press statement…
FL: Lawmakers to consider banning biometrics in schools
Kathleen McGrory reports from Tallahassee: Polk County parents were apoplectic last year when they discovered the school district had been scanning the irises of students’ eyes without parental permission. The controversial practice might soon be banned. On Tuesday, state lawmakers will take up a proposal that would prohibit school districts from collecting biometric information, including…