Understanding Student Monitoring

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Apr 29, 2025

State Guidance on the Use of Generative AI in K-12 Education

More than two years into the advent of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 schools, many state departments of education are issuing guidance or…

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Welcome to Student Privacy Compass

Student Privacy Compass (formerly known as FERPA|Sherpa) is the student privacy resource center website. This site is your tool for finding information, news, and opinions on maintaining student data privacy. Student Privacy Compass is an initiative of the Future of Privacy Forum.

Educator Resources

Educators are the first line of defense in ensuring the privacy of student data. From ensuring sufficient passwords to selecting privacy-protective apps to teaching students about digital citizenship, educators have an essential role to play in securing student information.

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Reopening Schools Issue Brief: Thermal Scans and Temperature Checks
Jul 23, 2020Amelia Vance
This particular issue brief discusses key considerations school leaders should take into account when weighing whether or not to adopt thermal surveillance as …
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Teaching Impacts of Technology: Data Collection, Use, and Privacy
Apr 19, 2019
In this course you’ll focus on how constant data collection and big data analysis have impacted us, exploring the interplay between using your data and protect…
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Teaching Impacts of Technology: Data Collection, Use, and Privacy
Apr 19, 2019
In this course you’ll focus on how constant data collection and big data analysis have impacted us, exploring the interplay between using your data and protect…
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Foster Care and Education Q&A
May 11, 2017
This Q&A document addresses how recent changes to FERPA can help child welfare agencies gain access to school records.
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Local Education Agency Resources

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Framework for Collaboration: The Memorandum of Understanding between Allegheny County DHS and Pittsburgh Public Schools
Jul 17, 2019Jeffery Fraser
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) between Pittsburgh Public Schools and the Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) that was signed December 22…
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9 Steps to Privacy: The Right to Seek to Amend under FERPA
May 7, 2019David Sallay and Amelia Vance
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) grants parents and eligible students* the right to seek to amend student records that are inaccurate, mis…
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The Student Privacy Compass aims to provide a one-stop shop for education privacy-related resources to all stakeholders in the student privacy conversation: students, parents, educators and education agencies, the edtech industry, and policymakers struggling to grapple with the ever-changing student privacy legal landscape.

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