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…
Category: Youth & Schools
Texas schools expand RFID chipping of students
Back in October 2010, I commented on a news report out of Houston on the use of RFID tags with students. Yesterday, Francisco Vara-Orta reported on the situation in San Antonio. As I anticipated when I wrote, ” the student’s’ RFID tag will register them as “in school” and track their location throughout the day…
Federal appeals court kicks Tribune’s lawsuit against U. of Illinois to state court
Dahleen Glanton of the Chicago Tribune reports the latest in the long-running battle between the paper and the University of Illinois: The Chicago Tribune’s legal fight to identify the parents of University of Illinois applicants who got preferential treatment is expected to move to a state court after a federal appeals ruling left the issue…
MN: Undisclosed Number of Century Middle School Students Suspended
Derrick Williams reports: An unidentified number of Century Middle School students have been suspended due to a May 22 incident in which an inappropriate photo was digitally disseminated around the school’s student community. Lakeville Area Public School officials have acknowledged the incident and also said the Lakeville Police Department and Dakota County Attorneys Office are…