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Protecting Student Data Privacy as a Guiding EdTech Principle

Lightspeed Systems

Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy. Finally, Lightspeed Systems is a Student Data Privacy Consortium signatory, and has signed the Student Privacy Pledge.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

Edsurge

Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based based nonprofit, states have passed approximately 110 laws since 2013 concerning student data privacy. But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents.

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

Doug Levin

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

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

Doug Levin

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 150
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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

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).

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Elsewhere in North Carolina , Dana Goldstein reports for The NYT on “What Budget Cuts Mean for Third Graders in a Rural School.” Via The Hechinger Report (and related to a lot of the goings-on in the local education news section above): “ How one test kept New York City high schools segregated.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The Horizon Report. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. with Pigeons.

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