A White House report released today recommends modernizing the privacy regulatory framework that governs how student data is handled.
Google announced that it has stopped its practice of scanning millions of student emails in its Google Apps for Education.
The advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has called on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to remove Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt from the state’s Smart Schools Commission.
Appearing at a major ed. business event on the day his organization announced plans to shut down, inBloom’s CEO acknowledged the difficulty of conveying its mission to the public.
A bill giving more protections to student data in Florida has received nearly unanimous support from legislators, and is expected to by signed by Gov. Rick Scott.
Yale University President Richard Levin has been named CEO of ‘MOOC’ provider Coursera, which has recently grown interested in K-12 teacher training.
Panelists at the South by Southwest education conference discuss the challenges of securing student data, and the political realities of explaining safeguards to parents.
The Software & Information Industry Association released five “best practices” for companies to follow in their handling of private student data.
In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 34 state schools chief vowed to not share personally identifiable student data with the federal government.
Apple has settled a complaint for at least $32.5 million, brought by the Federal Trade Commission, focused on charges incurred by children on apps.