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Leadership is key to protecting student data privacy in 2025

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Despite the passage of over 130 state student data privacy laws, headlines about data breaches in school districts remain alarmingly common. The stakes have never been higher–and strong, top-down leadership is needed to ensure institutions understand the complex landscape and effectively protect student data.

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Exploring generative AI products: Essential recommendations for schools on privacy and accessibility

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GenAI offers the promise of enhancing personalized learning, streamlining administrative tasks, and providing innovative educational resources. Start with staff: Testing AI tools with staff, rather than students, helps avoid premature exposure of student data.

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What Do Teachers Know About Student Privacy? Not Enough, Researchers Say

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What should teachers be expected to know about student data privacy and ethics? Considering so much of their jobs now revolve around student data, it’s a simple enough question—and one that researcher Ellen B. What is privacy? What are ethical and responsible uses of data?

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How to Transform Lessons Into Adventures

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I look for tools that integrate with popular cloud-based productivity suites, education-focused single sign-on platforms and digital learning ecosystems. Additionally, look for products from companies that are part of the Student Data Privacy Consortium ; they've standardized the data privacy agreement process, which is fantastic.

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6 things schools can do to ensure student data privacy

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Student data privacy is quite a different topic from the headlines most people read concerning data breaches. Student data privacy concerns, specifically, center on the misuse of personally identifiable information, known by its acronym PII. Manage data with precision. Vet your vendors.

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As Instructure Changes Ownership, Academics Worry Whether Student Data Will Be Protected

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Holden Spaht, managing partner of Thoma Bravo, issued a statement this week saying: “We commit to being transparent in our data usage, protecting user privacy, and leading by example. We do not—and we will not—share or sell student data. Nice words are good but we need those actions to follow up.”

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How to ensure edtech ROI? Ask these 4 questions

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And, unless yours is a very fortunate system, technology staff hasn’t increased at a rate commensurate with the reliance on, and the complexity of, technology that supports school operation and education of students. However, just as in any new learning initiative, professional learning on edtech is key.

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