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Model: WV Data Access and Management Guidance
May 16, 2017Learn MoreThis guidance document pertains to the education information system at the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE), under the authority of the West Virgin…
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Model: WI Sharing Information Across Systems
May 16, 2017Tony EversLearn MoreIn general, confidential information may only be shared under one of three conditions: 1) a signed authorization that consents to the release of information, 2…
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Webcams in Classrooms: How Far Is Too Far?
May 16, 2017Dominique BraggsLearn MoreThe purpose of this article is to discuss why webcams in the classroom, one of the newest approaches to enhancing school security, do not provide an optimal le…
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On the Block: Student Data and Privacy in the Digital Age
May 15, 2017Alex Molnar and Faith BoningerLearn MoreAs legislators develop statutory language and district leaders develop their contracting policies, the authors of this report recommend that they review the co…
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Video Camera Surveillance in Public School Settings: Emerging Technologies, Privacy, and the Role of the Fourth Amendment
May 15, 2017Kevin BradyLearn MoreIn the area of electronic security, video surveillance has become one of the fastest growing industries with an estimated $9.2 billion in sales in 2005 and pro…
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Student Surveillance, Racial Inequalities, and Implicit Racial Bias
May 15, 2017Jason NanceLearn MoreThis article presents data on school surveillance practices, including an original empirical analysis of restricted data recently released by the U.S. Departme…
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Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School
May 15, 2017Faith Boninger and Alex MolnarLearn MoreDigital technologies used by marketers continue to evolve. Sophisticated and personalized, they help ensure that today’s children and adolescents are constantl…
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Protecting Our Students: The Need for Audiovisual Monitoring in Special Needs Classrooms
May 15, 2017Kaitlyn MorinLearn MoreThis article argues that audiovisual surveillance should be provided for special needs classrooms in the public school systems, and specifically, that this sur…
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Library Records Open to Parental Scrutiny: A New Set of Internet Access Controls for Minors
May 15, 2017Sidne KoenigsburgLearn MoreIn Part I, this article surveys the state privacy laws that regulate parental access to minors’ library records, examines administrative and judicial interpret…
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FERPA in the Age of Computer Logging: School Discretion at the Cost of Student Privacy
May 15, 2017Jennifer C. WassonLearn MoreThis article argues that to preserve student privacy in an increasingly "wired" environment, Congress should amend FERPA to encompass technology issues such as…
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Databasing Delinquency
May 15, 2017Kevin LappLearn MoreTechnological advances in recent decades have enabled an unprecedented level of surveillance by the government and permitted law enforcement to gather, store, …
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The Educational Cost of Schoolhouse Commercialism
May 15, 2017Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Joseph FogartyLearn MoreThis report argues that, often, school-business partnerships are little more than marketing arrangements with little if any educational benefit and the potenti…
