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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…
- FPF Perspectives
Florida’s School Safety Commission and the “School Safety Portal”
Oct 15, 2019Sara Collins and Amelia VanceLearn MoreToday and tomorrow, the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission is meeting in Orlando, Florida to go over new draft findings and recommen…
- LEA Perspectives
A Conversation with Dean Folkers
Sep 16, 2019Ahuva GoldstandLearn MoreThe Forum Guide to Education Data Privacy explores how state and local education agencies (SEAs and LEAs) can support best practices at the school level to pro…
- LEA Perspectives
A Conversation with Melissa Peterson
Sep 10, 2019Ahuva GoldstandLearn MoreOn August 22, FPF spoke with Melissa Peterson, Data Privacy and Security Trainer at the Colorado Department of Education, about her use of gamification to impa…
- EdTech Perspectives
A Conversation with Iris Palmer
Aug 20, 2019Ahuva GoldstandLearn MoreOn July 31, FPF spoke with Iris Palmer, Senior Advisor for Higher Education and Workforce, in the Education Policy Program at New America, about how predictive…
- Advocate Perspectives
Wait, Why Not Just Use Administrative Data?
Aug 19, 2019Christopher LaubenthalLearn MoreAdministrative data can tell stories. These stories about our schools and districts can change lives and improve policies. In a world gripped by one data priva…
- Legal Perspectives
A Conversation with Mark Williams
Jul 22, 2019Ahuva GoldstandLearn MoreOn July 10, FPF interviewed Mark Williams, partner and co-chair of F3’s eMatters and Higher Education practice groups, about the creation and implementation of…
- FPF Perspectives
33 Organizations Send Letter to Florida Governor DeSantis
Jul 9, 2019Sara Collins and Amelia VanceLearn MoreToday, the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) and 32 other education, disability rights, privacy, and civil rights organizations sent this letter urging Florida Gov…
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School Safety & Privacy: An Animated Introduction
Jun 3, 2019Monica Bulger, Sara Collins, David Sallay, and Amelia VanceLearn MoreHow can schools make privacy part of their safety plans? The Future of Privacy Forum’s new animated video explores some technologies that schools use or are co…
- FPF Perspectives
9 Steps to Privacy: The Right to Seek to Amend under FERPA
May 7, 2019David Sallay and Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) grants parents and eligible students* the right to seek to amend student records that are inaccurate, mis…
- FPF Perspectives
11 Steps to Privacy: The Right to Inspect and Review under FERPA
Apr 24, 2019David Sallay and Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) grants parents and eligible students the right to inspect and review education records and to receive an …
