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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

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Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Manage data with precision.

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What Do Teachers Know About Student Privacy? Not Enough, Researchers Say

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What should teachers be expected to know about student data privacy and ethics? Considering so much of their jobs now revolve around student data, it’s a simple enough question—and one that researcher Ellen B. Mandinach and a colleague were tasked with answering.

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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

Personalized Professional Learning. In future ready schools, technology and digital learning expand access to high-quality, ongoing, job-embedded opportunities for professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. Such environments enable anytime, anywhere learning.

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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

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The results offer an “unprecedented look at data privacy,” said Adam Burns, chief operating officer at Edge Research, which conducted the surveys. Among the key findings: K-12 teachers and parents have apparently not been deterred by the hurried transition to digital learning during the pandemic.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

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Achievements are touted on social media, changing the tone of the district’s story to engage the public positively. Monthly webinars will tackle topics such as Student Data Privacy: A Priority and Essential Commitment (October 8th) and Cyber Security: A Critical School District Priority (November 12th). TECH USED

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Reducing Online Security and Privacy Risk in Your School

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.” To get a quick a sense of the online security and privacy of a website, Bill recommended checking for “https” in the URL. Also, if a website has social media share buttons, the share buttons often send information about your behavior back to these services. Join the Community.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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In addition, CatchOn helps district administrators mitigate student data privacy risks associated with unknown tool usage. Its AI uses sentiment analysis to scan for self-harm and bullying messages across social media and web searches.