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Reopening Schools Issue Brief: Thermal Scans and Temperature Checks
Jul 23, 2020Amelia VanceLearn MoreSchools and higher education institutions nationwide are still considering whether to return to in-person classrooms, continue remote learning, or offer a mix …
- 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…
- FPF Perspectives
Reopening Schools Issue Brief: Increased Data Collection and Sharing
Jun 30, 2020Amelia VanceLearn MoreSchools and higher education institutions nationwide are still considering whether to return to in-person classrooms, continue remote learning, or offer a mix …
- Educator Perspectives
Teachers’ Data Privacy While Teaching Online
May 6, 2020Emilia RastrickLearn MoreThe education landscape for most teachers has changed dramatically in the last few weeks as school buildings across the country have closed due to the COVID-19…
- FPF Perspectives
Online Learning Best Practices for Schools and Educators
Apr 16, 2020Anisha Reddy, Alexis Shore, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released online learning best practices, also available as a printable PDF, to help schools and educators maintain appropriat…
- 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…
- FPF Perspectives
FAQs: Disclosing Student Health Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mar 20, 2020Anisha Reddy and Amelia VanceLearn MoreOur new FAQs describe how K-12 and higher education administrators and educators can protect student privacy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FPF’s Education Privacy Newsletter – January 2020
Jan 29, 2020Anisha Reddy and Amelia VanceLearn MoreGood morning and happy new year! Thank you to all of you for your support of FPF’s work in 2019. As a quick recap, in 2019, FPF’s education privacy project: R…
- 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…
- Advocate Perspectives
Mental Health Rights
Dec 2, 2019Kathy FlahertyLearn MoreI experienced my first mental health crisis when I was a student in college. I was depressed, anxious, and could barely leave my room to go to class. I would s…
- Educator Perspectives
The Educator’s Role: Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security in the Classroom
Nov 19, 2019Ming ScheidLearn MoreOur education system needs data to improve outcomes for students. Educators use data to inform instruction, empower parents and communities, and help policymak…
- LEA Perspectives
A Conversation with Kim Nesmith
Nov 12, 2019Ahuva GoldstandLearn MoreOn August 13, 2019, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) spoke with Kim Nesmith, Data Governance and Privacy Director, Louisiana Department of Education, who deve…
