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Student Privacy and Special Education: An Educator’s Guide During and After COVID-19
NCLD and FPF
COVID-19 has disrupted education and has forced schools to pivot quickly to a distance learning approach, which is often virtual. Using virtual learning produc…
Model: Higher Ed Video Recording Consent Form
College of William & Mary
The coronavirus pandemic and shift to online learning has raised questions about FERPA compliance with class recordings. This model resource from the College o…
Making Sure It’s Not “Too Good To Be True” – Vetting EdTech Tools
Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC)
This white paper by the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) and the Access 4 Learning Community (A4L) describes the challenges faced by schools and district…

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Model Terms of Service: Protecting Student Privacy While Using Online Educational Services
PTAC, U.S. Department of Education
The Privacy Technical Assistance Center, working with the Department of Education’s Family Policy Compliance office, has developed a new checklist document tha…
Room for Debate: Protecting Student Privacy in Online Learning
The New York Times
The NYTimes Room for Debate Opinion column discusses student privacy, with debaters Khaliah Barnes (EPIC), Jules Polonetsky (FPF), Olga Garcia-Kaplan (parent b…
Student Data Privacy Communications Toolkit
The Foundation for Excellence in Education
This student data privacy toolkit provides school districts and schools with recommendations on how to most effectively communicate with parents and other stak…
Infographic: How Data Empowers Parents
Data Quality Campaign
When parents have the right information to make decisions, students excel. But often the only information parents receive about their child's education is thro…
How Principals Use Data: Mr. Maya’s Data-Rich Year
Data Quality Campaign
When principals are empowered with data, teachers and students do better.Principals have access to more quality data than ever, on factors like student and tea…
Infographic: What Is Student Data?
Data Quality Campaign
There are many types of data that support student learning—and they’re so much more than test scores. But individual data points don’t give the full picture ne…