student privacy Archives

Financial education must not sacrifice student privacy

August 24, 2026 by Vince Shorb, National Financial Educators Council

Students need practical experience with financial education, but no classroom exercise should put their personal information at risk.

Financial education is gaining real momentum across the United States. More states are adopting mandates, more schools are adding graduation requirements, and more policymakers are acknowledging that students…

CoSN 2025 Takeaways, Part 3: Navigating AI Opportunities and Risks

April 9, 2025 by Kevin Hogan

Kevin Kiley, President of Airia, who was at the show introducing Brainfreeze, an AI Platform for Education, thinks we’re at ... Read more

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Research Shows the Need for More Support to Protect Privacy and Advance Digital Equity

October 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) today released a new report — with accompanying survey findings — that reflect ... Read more

District Management

Digital rights group alleges Google invades student privacy

December 17, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Google is being accused of invading the privacy of students using laptop computers powered by the internet company's Chrome operating system. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital rights…

District Management

5 critical student data questions for schools

February 26, 2014 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Student security and data privacy are top concerns for today's students, and now federal guidelines are helping to shed light on the often confusing issue of data security.…

District Management

Delaware bans colleges from requiring students’ social media passwords

August 9, 2012 by By Raishay Lin, Contributing Editor

Should a university be able to edit a student’s Facebook profile or check his private tweets? Absolutely not, said the Delaware state legislature, as it recently passed the…

IT Management

Oregon schools roll out Google Apps to students

November 5, 2013October 4, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

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Feds take huge step to protect student privacy

May 31, 2012April 7, 2011 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Asking state leaders to use data to drive school improvement and innovation sounds like a logical idea, but how can they also maintain student privacy in this often…

District Management

Employee in webcam spying flap: Teen had no expectation of privacy

May 4, 2010April 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A school technology official at the center of a webcam spying scandal says the Pennsylvania student suing her employer should not have had any expectation of privacy, because…