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>>>Louisiana and New York will be entering nearly all student records statewide.
What can be done to protect the privacy of children? How can it be legal to release this information - is it less harmful than medical records?
Note: The "school officials" with the power to do this are the ones we elect or are appointed by the people we elect, up in Baton Rouge. Has anyone else in La run across this?
It used to be all about confidentiality. (FERPA link) What changed? Wouldn't any info related to medical diagnoses (special ed students) be covered under HIPAA? Where is this information going?
K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents | Reuters
NYC Public School Parents: Opt out letter for parents who do NOT want their children's confidential info shared with private corporations, and our follow-up questions to NY State
inBloom provides this sample data set to developers: files/medium-sample-data-set.zip
Washington Post.com - EPIC suing Dept of Ed - Violating Student Privacy Rights
EPIC.org Electronic Privacy Information Center
What can be done to protect the privacy of children? How can it be legal to release this information - is it less harmful than medical records?
Note: The "school officials" with the power to do this are the ones we elect or are appointed by the people we elect, up in Baton Rouge. Has anyone else in La run across this?
It used to be all about confidentiality. (FERPA link) What changed? Wouldn't any info related to medical diagnoses (special ed students) be covered under HIPAA? Where is this information going?
K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents | Reuters
But the most influential new product may be the least flashy: a $100 million database built to chart the academic paths of public school students from kindergarten through high school.
the database already holds files on millions of children identified by name, address and sometimes social security number. Learning disabilities are documented, test scores recorded, attendance noted. In some cases, the database tracks student hobbies, career goals, attitudes toward school - even homework completion.
More:The database is a joint project of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which provided most of the funding, the Carnegie Corporation of New York and school officials from several states. Amplify Education, a division of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, built the infrastructure over the past 18 months.
NYC Public School Parents: Opt out letter for parents who do NOT want their children's confidential info shared with private corporations, and our follow-up questions to NY State
inBloom provides this sample data set to developers: files/medium-sample-data-set.zip
Washington Post.com - EPIC suing Dept of Ed - Violating Student Privacy Rights
EPIC.org Electronic Privacy Information Center