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

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Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. Their Facebook pages contain not just announcements but photos from events on campus—graduations, Christmas band concerts, chess team tournament victories, spirit week—where students take center stage.

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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

Today, four years after the launch of FRS, over 3,300 district superintendents have signed the Future Ready Pledge , and thousands of school and district leaders have attended the nearly 50 free events that have been held throughout the country. Many are also taking advantage of the hundreds of free tools found in the Future Ready Dashboard.

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

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Candidly, this was not something we expected to see,” said Elizabeth Laird, senior fellow on student privacy at the CDT, during an online event with education reporters. Maybe their district-issued device is, unbeknownst to the student, recording the happenings from inside of their homes before class even begins.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition)

Doug Levin

For over 40 years the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) ran a program to support this vulnerable student population, but that has come to an end - in part because of student data privacy concerns. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts?

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 36 Edition)

Doug Levin

For over 40 years the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) ran a program to support this vulnerable student population, but that has come to an end - in part because of student data privacy concerns. Tagged on: September 7, 2017 When can schools punish students for racist social media posts?

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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It notes that, when a confirmed case has entered a school, some institutions may need to “dismiss students and most staff for two to five days,” while for others, “school dismissals and event cancellations may be extended if advised by local health officials.” She suggests the following lessons on media balance.

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Tart Retorts and Tools: Overheard at SXSWedu

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Approximately 13,000 SXSWedu attendees scurry back and forth from the Austin Convention Center to massive hotels in the center of the city, noses glued to their phones as they search for the next event. But 76 percent of kids prefer to get their news from social media (especially from Facebook). Who Said What?

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