I’ve been somewhat foaming at the keyboard over a student privacy issue in Oklahoma whereby the state required parents and students to waive their federally protected privacy rights in order to secure an educational benefit. As I blogged previously, the waiver was overly broad, it did not clearly explain that the state would post identifiable…
Category: Youth & Schools
Where will your kids be when the perfect storm occurs?
The perfect storm is on the horizon. Is there still time for American parents to protect their children from it? I watched it start years ago with school districts amassing tons of sensitive and personal information on children and their parents. Rather than prohibiting data collection or the use of Social Security numbers, however, the…
GA: Has the Fulton County School system violated student privacy?
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…
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’…