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So many privacy bills, so little time …
May 7, 2015Learn MoreIt is May and so far 42 states have introduced 170 student privacy bills which is encouraging to know as a parent of children who will be students for quite so…
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A Guide for Parents on Student Data Privacy!
Apr 30, 2015Learn MoreThere are many acronyms in education but some of the most talked about recently are FERPA,COPPA and PPRA.
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Privacy policies and Security – can we get it right???
Apr 16, 2015Learn MoreWe talk about building trust so that we can work on protecting student data privacy, but it is difficult to protect student privacy only with policy.
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What challenges are school boards facing when it comes to protecting student privacy?
Apr 2, 2015Learn MoreGuess what?? I got to meet Kathleen Styles, the US Department of Education Chief Privacy Officer.
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Social Media Monitoring, Privacy and Students
Mar 20, 2015Learn More“Pearson is spying on kids” was the statement dominating this week. But the reality is that Pearson, like most major corporations, is involved in social media …
Student Data: Trust, Transparency, and the Role of Consent
Oct 1, 2014Jules Polonetsky and Joseph JeromeLearn MoreIntroduction Over the past decade, new technologies in schools have generated an “explosion of data” for public school systems to use and analyze.1 According …
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Student data? Who owns it?
Sep 18, 2014Learn MoreStudents are at the center of all data generated in education and the debate centered on privacy, data access, and security needs to acknowledge data ownership.
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What does it mean to be in the “system”?
Sep 11, 2014Learn MoreRecently, I was having a conversation with a group of friends.
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Guest Post: Sharing FERPA Information Online
Sep 4, 2014Learn MoreLast week I wrote about FERPA notices and how we, as parents, can prevent our children’s schools from sharing directory information.
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It’s back to school! Buying school supplies, meeting new friends and FERPA notices
Aug 28, 2014Olga Garcia-KaplanLearn MoreIt’s back to school time! Many parents spent the last few weeks buying school supplies, sharpening pencils and filling out forms. These first days of school ar…
