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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 …
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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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…
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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…
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School Safety Measures Must Have Evidence, Be Specific, & Have Privacy and Equity Guardrails
Jul 24, 2019Amelia VanceLearn MoreWith shootings like Newtown and Parkland now forever part of our shared history, it’s no mystery why school safety has become such an urgent priority. Students…
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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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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…
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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 …
