Richard J. Peltz-Steele, a professor teaching freedom of information law at UMass Law, has a commentary on FERPA that provides some context and history on balancing privacy and access to records. You can read his piece on Taunton Gazette.
Category: Youth & Schools
UK schools ‘deeply concerned’ by student privacy threats from the cloud
There are encouraging signs that a majority of schools in the UK plan to transition to cloud email and document creation services for use by students in the foreseeable future. Based on a new survey of several hundred schools in the UK released by SafeGov.org and the Ponemon Institute, 68 per cent of respondents expect to provide…
Utah to parents: Common Core will not invade your privacy
Caleb Warnock reports: Parents opposed to the Common Core are protesting as the state is spending millions of dollars to collect student test data. They foresee Utah schools being forced to use the database to collect personal information, according to published federal guidelines, about students and families to share with researchers. Not a chance, state…
Atlanta Public Schools student records subpoenaed
The Atlanta Public Schools issued this notice, posted in numerous venues: NOTICE TO ALL Atlanta Public Schools STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GUARDIANS: This notice is to inform you that the Atlanta Public Schools has received a subpoena related to Fulton County Superior Court case 13SC117954. The subpoena requires the school system to produce information that may…