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There Is a Heightened Awareness Around Student Data Privacy. Here’s What Schools Are Doing About It

Digital Promise

Recent articles emerged as a result of remote learning, including: Remote Learning Software Tracked Kids’ Data to Sell to Advertisers and Brokers. Private equity firm is amassing companies that collect data on America’s children. FTC (Federal Trade Commission) to ‘Crack Down’ on Ed Tech, Student Data Privacy.

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A Real and Present Student Data Privacy Threat

Doug Levin

According to the study authors, schools and school districts define misbehaviors differently and attach different sanctions to similar behaviors – and significant disparities in suspensions and expulsions are well-documented (particularly affecting African American students and students with disabilities).

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When Does Posting Photos of Students Become a Data Privacy Problem?

Edsurge

“Even relatively low proportions of posts that reveal the PII of students mean that the privacy of hundreds of thousands of students may be risked,” researchers wrote. The quantities were notable, researchers explained, because of well-documented parental concerns over other people having access to their children’s information.

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Celebrate graduation virtually

eSchool News

Educators can help build a living media portfolio that is unique for every student, visually documenting a student’s journey to graduation. Vidigami is providing the class of 2020 impacted by COVID-19 school closures with free access to its digital experience platform to celebrate graduation virtually.

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

Edsurge

We can be promoting safe learning environments and promoting equity and student data privacy,” noted Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, the director of policy and advocacy at the National Association of School Psychologists. “We

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Overcoming security and privacy concerns with e-learning

Neo LMS

But while we have the internet to thank for our contemporary, robust e-learning landscape, security and privacy concerns are rampant as well. How students can help secure their personal data. Educators and administrators can do their part in keeping student information private, by making cybersecurity a high priority.

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Making Sure Your Online Services Protect Your Students’ Data

edWeb.net

The student data covered by FERPA includes any files, documents, or records in other formats that contain information directly related to a student. Kevin then moved on to work as an education technology specialist and headed a district’s student data privacy, internet safety, and security initiative.

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