Audit: Maryland Dept. Did Not Properly Store Data for 1.4 Million Students
The Maryland State Department of Education "inappropriately stored" personal information of 1.4 million students and more than 230,000 teachers, leaving them vulnerable to potential bad […]
Civil Rights Groups Sound Alarm Over Florida School-Safety Database
Citing Education Week's reporting, the ACLU and nearly three dozen other groups asked Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis to immediately halt construction of the new statewide […]
K12 Inc. Data Breach Opens Doors to Students' Personal Information
A K12 Inc. company database that included information for 19,000 students was available for anyone with an internet connection to see for at least a […]
District's Plan to Use Facial Recognition Tech for Safety Raises Big Privacy Concerns
The New York State Education Department has put the brakes on a school district's planned trial run of new facial recognition software aimed at improving […]
Twitter Chat April 9 to Focus on CTO Needs Around Cybersecurity
Tune in to the #edCTOchat on April 9 at 2 p.m. ET for more information about how to fend off K-12 cybersecurity threats and how […]
Google Experimenting With New Cloud Storage, Artificial Intelligence Initiative for K-12
Google is working with Washington's Evergreen Public Schools on a new effort that has big implications for the way K-12 districts store and analyze student […]
Schools Collect Tons of Student Information. Deleting It All Is a Major Challenge
States and districts should create comprehensive data inventories and adopt clear retention and deletion policies, recommends the Center for Democracy & Technology.
How to Know if Your Data is Safe in an LMS
Many business owners and organizations understand the importance of having a corporate training system. It creates a hub for all corporate eLearning and helps […]
Trump Calls for New AI Workforce-Development Efforts, But Offers No New Money
A new executive order on artificial intelligence shines a light on the need for education and training. But experts say it's thin on details and […]
Schools Suffered at Least 122 Cybersecurity Incidents Last Year
The incidents led to stolen identities, tax fraud, altered student records, and millions of stolen tax dollars, according to the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.
Educators and Artificial Intelligence: "Err on the Side of Caution," Says RAND Researcher
AI-powered tools may augment teachers, a new RAND report argues--but only if big concerns around bias and transparency are first addressed.
States Earn Low Grades on Student-Data Privacy Protections From New Report Card
A recent report that analyses the thoroughness and quality of student-data privacy laws passed in the U.S. may be more misleading than it is illuminating.
