Azaden Shahshahani reports: In 2006, Marlyn, a mother who lives in Gwinnett County with her children, was surprised to hear that her son Kyle, a senior at Brookwood High School, had taken the ASVAB test. ASVAB or the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery test is the military’s entrance exam, given to recruits to determine their…
Category: Youth & Schools
Tracking School Children With RFID Tags? It’s All About the Benjamins
David Kravets has an article on Threat Level about tagging school kids. It doesn’t really report anything new that I haven’t covered on this blog before, but if you’re new to the issue, it can quickly bring you up to speed on an issue near and dear to my heart. We really need a study of…
UK: Schools ‘not considering students security when collecting biometric data’
Everywhere you look, you find inadequate protection of student information. There’s an interesting article in the London Evening Standard: Schools could be putting pupils’ personal data at risk by failing to store it securely, according to new research. The study suggests that schools are increasingly collecting students’ biometric data, such as fingerprints, but do not…
Rebellion Erupts Over School’s Student-Chipping Plan
It may not be the Alamo, but some Texans are taking a stand for student privacy with the support of a number of organizations. Bob Unruh reports: A rebellion is developing in Texas against a plan by a school district in San Antonio that would monitor the exact location and activities of all students at…