Category: Youth & Schools

Parents nationwide are becoming more vocal about their concerns about student data being shared with vendors. In Wyoming, Corey Morris reports: The school board approved a resolution Monday regarding concerns with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). The resolution, drafted by board member Stefanie Bell, will be submitted to the Wyoming School Board…

Denise Jewell Gee writes: Educators and parents concerned about student privacy have been closely watching what types of information must be submitted to a new statewide data system known as EngageNY Portal. School administrators talked of hundreds of fields that would have to be filled out for each student — from attendance records to state…

Adrienne Lu reports: A growing number of states are expanding the way they use student and school data. Teachers easily tap into data about their students’ performance to adjust how they teach, and parents can log into networks to learn how their children are doing, according to a new report by the Data Quality Campaign, a…