Jeffrey S. Solochek reports: Angelica Cruik-shank was on the defensive. The suspended Land O’Lakes High School Spanish teacher sat alone at a table Wednesday, facing tough questions from a school district lawyer about actions six months earlier that had put Cruikshank’s job on the line. For nearly seven hours, witnesses — even her own witnesses…
Category: Youth & Schools
Mother worries survey violates privacy of DaVinci students
Scott Schwebke has a news story out of Utah that highlights why parents need to know their children’s privacy rights under FERPA and applicable state laws: The mother of a student at DaVinci Academy of Science and the Arts contends a research study conducted at the charter school by a Weber State University professor violated…
Do your child’s FERPA rights depend on what state you live in? It seems like it…
I really think that SCOTUS is going to need to hear at least one FERPA case and rule on whether the federal law protecting the privacy of education records trumps states’ open records laws if the state accepts federal education dollars. In Oklahoma, we saw the state’s education department deciding that they could accept federal…
UK: The National Pupil Database is not open data
From Privacy International: This weekend, the Department for Education sponsored an “appathon”, allowing attendees access to the National Pupil Database (which holds information like exam results, special education needs, truancy records and eligibility for free school meals on every child at every state school in the country) and inviting people to build “apps”. The database contains over…