TUSCALOOSA, Ala., April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A public hearing was held on Tuesday on a new bill (SB424) on Common Core, dealing with data collection on students and sponsored by Senator Dick Brewbaker. Brewbaker chairs the Senate Education Policy Committee and was the only member of his committee who showed up. This is Brewbaker’s…
Category: Youth & Schools
NJ: Gov. Christie Signs Measure That Bars ‘Spying’ On N.J. Students Via School-Issued Laptops
CBS/The Associated Press reports: Gov. Chris Christie has signed a measure intended to prevent New Jersey school districts from violating students’ privacy rights by tracking them through school-issued laptops. Districts that provide students with laptops, cell phones or other electronic devices will now have to provide written notification that the device may track them. The…
Facebook Partners With States to Promote Teen Privacy
Andrea Smith reports: Facebook and privacy sometimes seems like an oxymoron — words or ideas that contradict one other. Users complain about Facebook’s privacy settings being too difficult to understand and properly implement. Now, Facebook and the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) want to change that through a consumer education program. Read more on Mashable.
SE: Teens girls to be charged in Instagram riot case
Prosecutors in Gothenburg have decided to file criminal charges against two teen girls believed to be behind a “slut-shaming” account on Instagram that caused local teenagers to riot last year. Speaking with the Svenska Dagbladet (SvD) newspaper, prosecutor Annika Boman said she had decided to charge two girls, aged 15 and 18, with aggravated defamation….