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Social (Media) Distancing: Online Learning During a Pandemic
Mar 31, 2020Anisha Reddy and Amelia VanceLearn MoreWhile the idea of hosting classes on social media may sound engaging, many social media tools were developed for general audiences, not students, and are there…
- What We're Reading
FPF’s Education Privacy Newsletter – March 2020
Mar 30, 2020Anisha Reddy and Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt schools around the world. As of today, over 100 countries have announced school closures, upheaving “over…
- 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.
- Advocate Perspectives
Cyberattacks Leverage Fear of Coronavirus: How Educators Can Prepare and Respond
Mar 6, 2020Amy McLaughlinLearn MoreAs news of COVID-19 inundates the internet and the airwaves, cybercriminals are taking note and leveraging the outbreak as a new opportunity to launch phishing…
- FPF Perspectives
Safer Internet Day: How Schools Can Improve Children’s Data Privacy
Feb 11, 2020David Sallay and Monica BulgerLearn MoreThere is much that schools can do to keep their metaphorical kitchens clean when it comes to student data. To help educate schools on what they can do, today t…
- What We're Reading
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…
- Student Perspectives
Digitizing the Directory: Student Privacy in an Evolving Landscape
Nov 26, 2019Austin KraftLearn MoreDuring my elementary school years, every September my school would send me a packet, clad in pastel paperback, containing the contact information of my classma…
- FPF Perspectives
5 Steps for Building a Culture of Data Privacy in Schools
Nov 21, 2019Susan BeardenLearn MoreAs stories of data breaches in schools and districts regularly make headlines, many K-12 organizations are working hard to implement policies and procedures to…
- 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…