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Video: FERPA and Virtual Learning – USBE
Apr 8, 2020Learn MoreThis video, published by the Utah State Board of Education (USBE), provides answers to FAQs about complying with FERPA while transitioning to virtual learning …
- What We're Reading
Student Privacy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Resources
Apr 2, 2020Learn MoreThis webpage provides a list of student privacy and security resources for schools and educators seeking guidance on how to provide privacy-protective online l…
- FPF Perspectives
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…
- Webinar
FERPA & Virtual Learning During COVID-19
Mar 30, 2020Kala Shah SuprenantLearn MoreThis presentation by the US Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office provides guidance regarding frequently asked questions about the Family Edu…
- 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.
- 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…
- 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…
- Advocate Perspectives
Nudging for Good: Growth, Data Privacy, and Student Success
Nov 13, 2019Sara CollinsLearn MoreSometimes a nudge is all you need.It might be the difference between choosing pizza or a salad—between watching what’s next or going to bed at a reasonable hou…
- 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…
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FERPA Model Notice for Directory Information
Aug 4, 2019Learn MoreThis model resource is for LEAs to give to parents in order to notify them of their FERPA rights regarding directory information.
- FPF Perspectives
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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USEd Data-Sharing Tool Kit for Communities
Jul 17, 2019Learn MoreThe purpose of this tool kit is to inform civic and community leaders who wish to use shared data to improve academic and life outcomes for students while prot…