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Five Critical Guidelines for Data Privacy Across School Districts

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When Congress passed FERPA (The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) in 1974, school and district leaders could rely on once-a-year training and reviews to make sure they remained in compliance. Now, when educators could potentially add a new app with a few mouse clicks, managing student data privacy is a never-ending task.

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5 Reasons to Address Cyber Security

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So for us, in terms of whether it’s changing the passwords or doing more training. What we do for training is we’re involving our HR…the cyber training has to become a part of the core work of the district…that it elevates the level of importance because we centralize it and don’t make it just an IT issue.”.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Education secretary calls for more emphasis on work-force training. ” That’s the CFPB , whose new leader is also addressed in this story from NPR : “What The Upheaval At A Federal Consumer Watchdog Could Mean For Students.” ” The Business of Job Training.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via Education Week : “ Mississippi Attorney General Sues Google Over Student-Data Privacy.” The Business of Job Training and Job Placement. A message from the FBI : “College students across the United States continue to be targeted in a common employment scam. PowerMyLearning has received $6.5