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Parent and Family Digital Learning Guide
Oct 23, 2020Learn MoreThis guide aims to help all parents and caregivers, including those who have limited experience with digital tools, those who are expert with these tools, and …
Useful Tips for Understanding Student Data Privacy
Oct 13, 2020Learn MoreYou can feel more confident in your child's use of technology in the classroom and at home by taking the time to understand the services they are using and how…
Engaging Parents and Families to Support the Recovery of Districts and Schools
Sep 12, 2020Nancy Hill & Latoya GayleLearn MoreThis brief is one in a series aimed at providing K-12 education decision makers and advocates with an evidence base to ground discussions about how to best ser…
FERPA Directory Information Form
Sep 1, 2020Learn MoreAn example release form from Lexington County School District for students' directory information.
- Student Perspectives
As Personal as Data Gets: The Privacy Implications of Wearable Technologies in Schools
Jul 15, 2020Alexis ShoreLearn MoreAs workplaces and schools consider how to reopen safely, some organizations are looking to wearable technology to monitor health and activities. For example, t…
- Advocate Perspectives
The74: What Should Kids (and Parents) Know About Student Data and Online Testing? Some Suggestions From a Privacy Advocate — and Mom
Jun 22, 2020Learn MoreFuture of Privacy Forum contributor Olga Garcia-Kaplan recently contributed an opinion piece to The74 about the privacy implications of virtual proctoring and …
- What We're Reading
Introducing…Student Privacy Compass!
Jun 4, 2020Learn MoreToday, we are excited to announce our transition from the FERPA|Sherpa to Student Privacy Compass!When the Future of Privacy Forum launched FERPA|Sherpa in 201…
- Other Resources
COVID-19 Cybersecurity Considerations and Best Practices – CoSN
Apr 10, 2020Learn MoreThis resource by CoSN provides cybersecurity considerations and best practices for districts, educators, parents, and students to protect themselves from COVID…
- What We're Reading
Student Privacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resources
Apr 2, 2020Learn MoreThis webpage provides a list of student privacy and security resources for schools and educators seeking guidance on how to provide privacy-protective online l…
- FPF Perspectives
FAQs: The Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
Mar 27, 2020David Sallay and Amelia VanceLearn MoreWith recent concerns about students’ overall social and emotional health and school safety, schools are looking more and more to surveys to better understand t…
- Parent Perspectives
The Connected World of High School Sports
Dec 5, 2019Olga Garcia-KaplanLearn MoreI have a kid in high school–"the 15-year-old" as I fondly refer to him on social media–who plays on a school sports team. Thus, I have become immersed in the c…
- Student Perspectives
Parent Supervision or Surveillance?
Oct 8, 2019Alexis ShoreLearn MoreWhen I was 16 years old, I told my mom that I was going on my first date ever with a boy to a nearby ice cream parlor. He picked me up at my house, and we drov…