Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

EdSurge: Barbara, your group, Project Information Literacy, recently published a report where you sat down with professors and students to talk about algorithms and how they’re impacting our lives. All of them seem to be very aware of what was going on, and I think it’s because advertising has tipped the hands of these tech companies.

Education 91

Education Data Company Student Data Privacy 91

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. But the data protections of these vendors can’t be taken for granted.

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Training Data Student Data Privacy Policies 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

2016 has been a busy year for data privacy advocates. University of California, Berkeley students filed suit against Google for illegally scanning their emails. Pokemon Go launched its wildly popular location-based and data-hungry augmented reality game. It’s to ask, “How can we work with this software company?”

EdTech 60

EdTech Data Student Data Privacy Software 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Denver Public Schools in Colorado and Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland have each hired a senior-level official who is responsible for the organization’s privacy policies and data governance. The education leaders created the “Data Protection Addendum,” a document that each district requires its vendors to sign.

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Student Data Privacy Data Education Policies 128

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In a report publicly released in October 2020 , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) counted 99 school data breaches over the past four years, from July 2016 to May 2020, that compromised the personal information of thousands of students in kindergarten through high school. Our students deserve that.

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Pearson Data Student Data Privacy Edmodo 143

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The company says it can help users meditate by offering real-time feedback on their brain state. Advertising for the device is tailored to adults, but researchers outside of the company want to know if the devices can help calm students down as well—and keep them out of the principal’s office. Food and Drug Administration.

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Classroom Student Data Privacy Company Data 96

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. What then of the students?

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

I’d encourage those interested in the OER movement to subscribe to the bi-weekly OER Digest (a joint project of SPARC and the Student PIRGs ) to stay up to date. This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. What then of the students?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. However, the questions have largely stayed the same: Do technologies ensure quality learning and positive student outcomes? Do they help or hurt underrepresented students?

EdTech 60

EdTech Student Data Privacy MOOC Policies 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Has our confidence that we or our students have “nothing to hide” changed now under President-Elect Trump ? To data about students’ immigration status? .”

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

APRIL 27, 2018

” WeWork, an eight-year-old company that has raised almost $7 billion in funding, has committed to pay some $18 billion in rent. ” (I guess this is some sort of follow-up to this 2016 story in Edsurge touting Education Element’s work helping districts implement personalized learning.). Edtech Companies?”

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Education Facebook Company MOOC 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. Via The Establishment : “Conservative Group Launches Watchlist For Liberal Professors.” ” The group in question: National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

On Thursday, the judge gave Google the victory , ruling that the company’s use of the Java API fell under fair use provisions. Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss.

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Education MOOC Common Core Trends 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Trump Administration Looks Beyond Traditional Servicers for Student-Lending Help.” ” The Wall Street Journal profiles InfiniLaw , a company that runs for-profit law schools. ” According to Edsurge , Knewton is now a courseware company and not a “robot tutor in the sky.”

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Knewton Education Company MOOC 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

Via Education Week : “ DeVos-Backed Company Makes Questionable Claims on Autism , ADHD.” ” “Betsy DeVos Won’t Shed Stake in Biofeedback Company , Filings Show,” The New York Times reports. Via New America : “Why Does Betsy DeVos think Federal Student Loan Debt has Grown by 1,000 percent? .”

Education 40

Education Coursera Robotics E-rate 40