Paul Crawley reports: After complaints from several parents, the Fulton County School System admitted on Wednesday that it made a big mistake posting the names of dozens of students on the internet. Now those names are all over the worldwide web thanks to a controversy over their school. They are current and former students at…
Category: Youth & Schools
OK: State education board needs to reach compromise on student appeals information
Last week I noted a situation in Oklahoma that I found infuriating. In short, parents of students who sought an exemption from state law so that they could be granted a high school diploma were provided with a waiver form that waived their rights under FERPA, the federal law that protects the privacy of students’…
NJ sues mobile app company for sharing personal info of children with marketers
New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and the state Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit in federal court in Newark to stop an educational mobile app developer from collecting personal information from children, then passing on the information to marketers without telling parents. The lawsuit — the first lawsuit filed by the state…
OK: Education officials agree to redact student data in appeals
Andrea Eger reports: Amid outcry from lawmakers and concerns from their own board members, Oklahoma Department of Education officials now say they will redact personal information from the records of high school seniors who appeal high-stakes testing requirements. However, they maintain that students will continue to be required to waive their federal privacy rights concerning…