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The Connected World of High School Sports
December 5, 2019
I have a kid in high school–"the 15-year-old" as I fondly refer to him on social media–who plays on a school sports team. Thus, I have become immersed in the c…
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Mental Health Rights
December 2, 2019
I experienced my first mental health crisis when I was a student in college. I was depressed, anxious, and could barely leave my room to go to class. I would s…
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Digitizing the Directory: Student Privacy in an Evolving Landscape
November 26, 2019
During my elementary school years, every September my school would send me a packet, clad in pastel paperback, containing the contact information of my classma…
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A Conversation with Girard Kelly
June 12, 2019
Common Sense Media’s new resource, the “Privacy Risks and Harms” report, identifies privacy risks to children and students as they engage online, and helps par…
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School Safety & Privacy: An Animated Introduction
June 3, 2019
How can schools make privacy part of their safety plans? The Future of Privacy Forum’s new animated video explores some technologies that schools use or are co…
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9 Steps to Privacy: The Right to Seek to Amend under FERPA
May 7, 2019
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) grants parents and eligible students* the right to seek to amend student records that are inaccurate, mis…
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11 Steps to Privacy: The Right to Inspect and Review under FERPA
April 24, 2019
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) grants parents and eligible students the right to inspect and review education records and to receive an …
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40 Organizations Release Privacy Principles for Student Safety
March 26, 2019
Today, forty education, privacy, disability rights, and civil rights organizations released ten principles for school safety to protect all students’ privacy, …
