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Student Data Privacy: What’s Your Obligation?

Tom Murray

However, the misuse and breach of digital student information has brought data privacy to the forefront. House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the U.S. A few months prior to the hearing, data breaches at both Home Depot and Target became national news.

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Hero Awards finalists: 18 schools and educators dedicated to learning

eSchool News

The district seamlessly combines the strength of a large school district with innovative approaches and focused support to help students articulate and achieve their dreams. The district also holds several events inviting staff to learn about technology tools and strategies for the classroom.

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What You Need to Know About Teaching Cybersecurity

edWeb.net

In a recent edWebinar , Casey O’Brien, Executive Director, National CyberWatch Center, and Jim Kowatch, CEO, Infosec Learning, underscored that to fill the demand for cybersecurity experts, secondary and higher education should focus their attention on developing cybersecurity courses that are rooted in IT operations and applications.

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Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

As new forms of data are easier to collect and analyze, drawing on and interacting with information to measure the impact of programs and to inform decision-making and policy has emerged as a key strategy to foster improvement in public schools. 11 states introduced bills modeled on language from the ACLU.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. Pearson announced in July that it planned to abandon its traditional textbook publishing model, opting instead for a “digital first” strategy.

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