The Associated Press reports that the judge in the Lower Merion School District webcam case says that the FBI can view computer evidence gathered through a lawsuit by the family of one student that accuses the district of electronically spying on students. Although a number of blogs I’ve read in the past few weeks seemed…
Category: Youth & Schools
L. Merion won’t block feds in Web-cam case
John P. Martin reports: One investigation into the Lower Merion School District’s laptop fiasco is done. But as the district tries to move on, another probe churns. Lawyers for the district, some Lower Merion parents, and the Harriton High School sophomore whose lawsuit spotlighted the school system’s use of Web-camera monitoring said Wednesday that they…
Selling your child’s personal information
A reader sent in this link. In looking it over, it’s nothing really new to those who have followed student privacy issues for a while, but on the off-chance that you are a parent and don’t know how much info your child’s school can give out as “public directory information,” I thought I’d post it….
Virginia Murder Spurs Calls for Tracking of Violent Students
Curtis Eichelberger, Janet Lorin and Oliver Staley report: College administrators, students and safety advocates in the U.S. say they are hoping the death of a University of Virginia lacrosse player will lead to the adoption of new methods for tracking violent students. Security On Campus Inc., a King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, nonprofit advocating college safety,…