The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 30, 2025

Discover practical tools like Feedly, Flipboard, Blue Sky, Canva, Adobe Express, and Mastodon to stay informed and teach responsibly in an AI-driven world.

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Lightspeed Systems

JANUARY 30, 2025

This Data Privacy Week , we highlight the importance of fostering a strong culture of student data privacy across your district. As school districts expand their use of digital learning tools, ensuring compliance with federal and state-specific privacy laws is more important than ever.

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Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

For over two centuries, student information and data was kept in paper form, often in filing cabinets in a school or district office. During this time, there was little concern over security breaches, improper data sharing, or student privacy issues. accidentally uploads private data of 12,000 students. ”.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Cyberattacks and data breaches are infiltrating K-12 communities. To proactively thwart these attempts to steal student data, states such as New York are passing legislation that requires school districts to adhere to stipulated student data privacy compliance regulations.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 24, 2023

Student welfare, of course, is comprised of many elements, including teaching and learning, student mental health, student safety, and, importantly, student data privacy. COPPA applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 3, 2017

In a recent survey, this working group of some of the nation’s top Chief Technology Officers and data administrators shared their insights on the state of data interoperability in their districts. Why do they care?

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2022

More important, though, every piece of technology must adhere to the district’s student data privacy policies. You might need to rethink all of your family documents from teacher presentations to handbooks to explain how your district protects student information. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

COPPA : The Children’s Online Privacy Act (COPPA) is an FTC rule designed to ensure that parents remain in control of personal information collected from their young children online. About iKeepSafe. To view iKeepSafe’s list of assessed products, visit [link].

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2019

Interoperability and Student Data Privacy and Protection. With the ever-expanding role of technology in classrooms, schools must ensure the security and efficacy of data through enhanced interoperability. The infrastructure needs to handle massive amounts of information, run efficiently and protect student privacy. .

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Just over half (53 percent) of students surveyed had security software on their computers, only 37 percent had smartphone protection and an even lower number, 14 percent, had some security installed on their tablets. . It seems schools haven’t taught students how — or why — to keep personal information safe.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

Student data privacy should not be a victim to tumultuous times. Schools and districts can use the resources in CoSN’s Student Data Privacy micro-credential stack to evaluate online providers for their data privacy practices and communicate with parents and guardians.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2019

We have seen an increase in devices, we’ve seen an increase in access to applications and we’ve seen an increase in information.”. While accessing technology once required a multistep process and was severely limited in the classroom, 74 percent of K–12 schools say they now have more than one device per student, according to a CoSN report.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Data privacy considerations and recommendations for GenAI adoption in schools Linnette Attai, Project Director for CoSN’s Student Data Privacy Initiative and President of the compliance consulting firm PlayWell, LLC, shares insights on data privacy risks associated with adopting GenAI tools and offers guidance for responsible implementation.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 28, 2015

For those who care about the privacy of student information, it is equally important to address issues of IT security – for even the best privacy policies and laws are meaningless if student data is left exposed to unauthorized personnel on school computers or out on the internet. Image credits.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

There have been 361 cybersecurity incidents involving public schools since 2016 according to the K–12 Cybersecurity Resource Center , and with rates increasing year over year , schools need to be more aware of issues with data privacy and enact targeted solutions to keep student data safe. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2020

Known as the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, the comprehensive law protects the personal consumer data that businesses collect and increases transparency around it. Additionally, residents can ask companies to delete and not sell personal data they have collected. How CCPA Reinforces Student Data Privacy.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 15, 2020

Known as the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, the comprehensive law protects the personal consumer data that businesses collect and increases transparency around it. Additionally, residents can ask companies to delete and not sell personal data they have collected. How CCPA Reinforces Student Data Privacy.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2025

Superintendents participating in the edLeader Panel “ Data Privacy: A Critical Multi-Stakeholder School District Priority ” shared their effective strategies, centered on five guidelines that inform their actions to ensure data privacy.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In a report publicly released in October 2020 , the Government Accountability Office (GAO) counted 99 school data breaches over the past four years, from July 2016 to May 2020, that compromised the personal information of thousands of students in kindergarten through high school. Our students deserve that.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 10, 2025

It helps you track student engagement through assessments, course evaluations and learning outcomes. With powerful data-driven insights, you can identify trends and make informed decisions to improve classroom experiences. Watermark Watermark is an advanced analytics platform designed for higher education.

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Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Of course, issues of privacy and security are related, but not the same. Of course, issues of privacy and security are related, but not the same. “ Information security “). “ Information security “).

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

Even efforts to rate and review products’ privacy features have been stymied, with so much competing, contradictory information now available. But a coalition of K-12 privacy leaders promises a better solution. A screenshot of Check the Privacy's searchable library of more than 7,000 edtech products.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2020

Student data privacy has become one of the greatest educational concerns of our time. Knowing that student social security numbers and birthdates are 50 times more valuable than other pieces of personal information, data ransomers, hackers and cyberthieves have made this data a top target.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2021

The specific concern came over a statement by the company’s then-CEO, Dan Goldsmith, who boasted at an investor conference that the company was developing algorithms based on user data that would give it a competitive advantage in the market. And Instructure’s latest prospectus doesn’t mention big plans to use data or algorithms, notes Hill.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2016

Technology, family involvement and communication are key to executing school data privacy best practices, according to a new white paper from communication service provider West Corporation. It is crucial that everyone in the school community—educators, parents and students—understands the importance of data security and privacy.”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

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. Was that information included in codes of education ethics? It’s very much the floor.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

That white noise you heard around student data privacy in 2018 is about to be replaced with thunder. Relative to the flurry of legislative activity seen in prior years, it was a somewhat measured year for student data privacy. This year, it seemed that everyone was catching their breath.

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Lightspeed Systems

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It provides visibility into app adoption, compliance with student data privacy laws, and potential security risks. This process helps schools answer important questions: Which apps are actively being used by students and staff? Are these apps compliant with FERPA, COPPA, and state data privacy laws?

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 25, 2020

Known as the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, the comprehensive law protects the personal consumer data that businesses collect and increases transparency around it. Additionally, residents can ask companies to delete and not sell personal data they have collected. How CCPA Reinforces Student Data Privacy.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Even traditional students are not immune to online privacy breaches — everything from identity verification documents to coursework and transcripts may be stored online, in the cloud or elsewhere. Educators and administrators can do their part in keeping student information private, by making cybersecurity a high priority.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 14, 2023

However, it can also turn learning environments into the digital wild west, where teachers and students can venture into new, uncharted territories with digital learning apps that may not be effective or aligned with district curriculum or student data privacy policies.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Hagel of the Peninsula School District. The discussion will focus on ensuring AI enhances, rather than diminishes, human potential in education.

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Tom Murray

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Community partnerships include the formal and informal local and global community connections, collaborative projects, and relationships that advance the school’s learning goals. FRS school leaders are strategic with their investments in time and money, and work collaboratively to leverage resources and partnerships, while thinking long-term.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2023

It’s that sharing of student photos, especially those with identifying information, that has researchers questioning what the implications may be for student privacy and whether it’s ethical for schools to post pictures at all. One group of researchers analyzed 18 million photos posted by U.S.

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Doug Levin

JUNE 18, 2019

For those who care about the evolving terrain of student data privacy and civil liberties issues in schools, you may know that the actions of Lockport (NY) Public Schools – and their defiance of the advice of the New York State Department of Education – have become a defining case. No Description.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Denver Public Schools in Colorado and Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland have each hired a senior-level official who is responsible for the organization’s privacy policies and data governance. In his position, Westerman reports to the chief information officer’s (CIO) chief of staff, which is comparable to a deputy CIO.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2023

And the companies that provide these tools aren’t always careful stewards of the sometimes-sensitive information they collect from students. For example: A review of how companies handle student data by Internet Safety Labs, a nonprofit that tests software products, showed that 96 percent of apps used and recommended by U.S.

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