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Recommendations For a Federal Postsecondary Student-Level Data Network
Oct 27, 2017Amanda Janice Roberson, Jamey Rorison, and Mamie VoightLearn MoreAccurate and complete data can empower college choices, promote student success, and inform federal, state and institutional policies. Yet existing postseconda…
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Guía para padres sobre la privacidad de datos del estudiante
Oct 17, 2017Learn MoreVivimos en un mundo que cada vez está más conectado, en el que la información fluye entre nosotros, las organizaciones y las compañías con las que tenemos trat…
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Law Enforcement Access to Student Records: What Is the Law?
Sep 25, 2017Mia Little and Amelia VanceLearn MoreIn the current political climate, schools have expressed a great deal of concern about government agencies - including law enforcement - requesting student dat…
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Barriers for Linking and/or Sharing Data Between SEAs and Labor Agencies
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreThis workshop of the 2017 SLDS Best Practices Conference was designed to help participants gain an understanding of current barriers (real and perceived) for l…
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PTAC Teacher Training Focus Groups Report
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreThe Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) conducted a series of focus groups to gain insight into teachers’ needs for training on student privacy and the …
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U.S. Department of Ed Student Privacy Website
Jun 7, 2017Learn MoreThis website (relaunched in June 2017) provides resources on student privacy and FERPA from the Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC) at the U.S. Departme…
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Protecting Privacy in Connected Learning Toolkit (v3)
Jun 5, 2017Linnette Attai, Jim Siegl, and Reg LeichtyLearn MoreThe CoSN Protecting Privacy in Connected Learning Toolkit supports School Systems in understanding the issues that arise when navigating student data privacy r…
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Confidentiality in Student Disciplinary Records under FERPA and the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act
May 21, 2017Ethan RosenzweigLearn MoreThis article, Please Don't Tell: The Question of Confidentiality in Student Disciplinary Records under FERPA and the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act, a…
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The Limits of Education Purpose Limitations
May 21, 2017Elana ZeideLearn MoreThis article examines technologies’ impact on the student privacy protections with a focus on education purpose limitations, and contends that that reliance on…
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Student Privacy and the Protection of Pupil Rights Act as Amended by No Child Left Behind
May 21, 2017Lynn DaggettLearn MoreThis article examines the Protection of Pupil Rights Act and how it interacts with FERPA, and how the No Child Left Behind legislation affects both laws and st…
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Student Data Privacy Laws And Their Impact On Schools And Colleges
May 21, 2017Michael GoldsteinLearn MoreThis article provides an overview of student data privacy laws, including FERPA and state level laws, and the management of student data.
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State Longitudinal Data Systems and Student Privacy Protections Under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
May 21, 2017Steven Y. Winnick, Scott R. Palmer, and Arthur L. ColemanLearn MoreThis article addresses how a state longitudinal data system can allow states, local school districts, schools, and colleges and universities to make fuller use…