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Vetting Student Apps Isn’t Enough: Data Privacy for Teachers and Parents
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreIn this blog by Kerry Gallagher, she writes that while implementation of a vetting process for new apps or programs in school districts is essential to protect…
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From Apps to Announcements: Increasing School-Parent Engagement with Communications Technology
Jun 26, 2017Learn MoreWest's Education group, the provider of SchoolMessenger solutions, surveyed hundreds of K-12 administrators across the United States to discover district attit…
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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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Privacy and Creating a Federal Student Level Data Network (Comment Letter)
Jun 26, 2017Amelia VanceLearn MoreThese comments from the Future of Privacy Forum to the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking in December 2017 lay out common privacy concerns about the cre…
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The Top 10: Student Privacy News (May – June 2017)
Jun 21, 2017Amelia VanceLearn MoreThe Future of Privacy Forum tracks student privacy news very closely, and shares relevant news stories with our newsletter subscribers.* Approximately every mo…
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Effectively Communicating Student Data Privacy to Parents and Communities
Jun 14, 2017Mark SchneidermanLearn MoreAs K-12 school use of technology and data increase, parents and other stakeholders are asking more questions about what personal student information is collect…
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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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Model Webpage: Cambridge Student Data Privacy
May 29, 2017Learn MoreCambridge Public School's student data privacy website. This website has sections on why student privacy matters (for both district staff and for families); a …
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The Best Way to Protect Students’ Personal Data: Teacher Training
May 29, 2017Chris BerdikLearn MoreNationwide, however, such training for teachers and school administrators is surprisingly rare. That’s a problem, because it suggests that recent efforts to bo…
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What’s Possible with Personalized Learning? An Overview of Personalized Learning for Schools, Families & Communities
May 29, 2017Bruce Friend, Susan Patrick, Carri Schneider, and Tom Vander ArkLearn MoreThe goal of this report is to inform schools, families and communities about the potential of personalized learning and empower them with ways to support the s…
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Children’s Educational Records and Privacy – Inventory of State Statutes
May 29, 2017Adiella Stadler, Dean’s FellowLearn MoreInventory of State Statutes that have incorporated CLIP Recommendations from their 2009 report.
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Ethical use of Student Data for Learning Analytics Policy
May 21, 2017Learn MoreThis policy aims to set out how the University will use student data in an ethical way in order to shape the student support provided. The policy is based aro…