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fromLos Angeles Times
1 day ago

California sues over Trump demand for college race, test score and GPA admissions data

California and 16 Democratic states sue the Trump administration over a Department of Education rule requiring colleges to submit detailed admissions data including race, gender, and GPA by March 18.
Law
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Morning Docket: 03.04.26 - Above the Law

Multiple legal developments span judicial conduct concerns, alternative licensure paths, appellate rights, school privacy laws, trade court functions, and federal investigations into alleged discriminatory comments.
#supreme-court
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
LGBT

Supreme Court forces California to allow teachers to out trans kids - LGBTQ Nation

The Supreme Court blocked California's law protecting trans students from being outed to parents, ruling 6-3 that teachers' religious beliefs override student safety protections.
fromsfist.com
1 week ago
LGBT

Supreme Court Blocks California Law Preventing Schools From Outing Kids to Their Parents If They Change Pronouns

The Supreme Court's conservative majority blocked California's law protecting transgender and nonbinary students' privacy from parents, ruling parents have due process rights to participate in their children's mental health decisions.
LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago

Supreme Court forces California to allow teachers to out trans kids - LGBTQ Nation

The Supreme Court blocked California's law protecting trans students from being outed to parents, ruling 6-3 that teachers' religious beliefs override student safety protections.
LGBT
fromsfist.com
1 week ago

Supreme Court Blocks California Law Preventing Schools From Outing Kids to Their Parents If They Change Pronouns

The Supreme Court's conservative majority blocked California's law protecting transgender and nonbinary students' privacy from parents, ruling parents have due process rights to participate in their children's mental health decisions.
#ferpa
#ai-surveillance
fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests

fromFuturism
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

AI Surveillance Systems Are Causing a Staggering Number of Wrongful Arrests

#data-breach
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

Teachers have a right to tell parents if their child might be LGBTQ+, federal judge rules

A court ruled California teachers may notify parents about a student's gender expression, blocking district rules that prohibit such disclosures and limiting school privacy policies.
#parental-rights
fromBoston.com
6 months ago
US politics

Feds investigating Mass. school district over student survey that referenced gender identity, sexual activity

fromBoston.com
6 months ago
US politics

Feds investigating Mass. school district over student survey that referenced gender identity, sexual activity

fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Bush judge rules that Christian teachers can out trans kids if they want to - LGBTQ Nation

The policy also forces [plaintiff] Elizabeth [Mirabelli] and others like her to violate faith,
LGBT
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 months ago

As feds investigate antisemitism at BUSD, some worry about a witch hunt'

In this March 2024 file photo, members of the Berkeley school community packed a BUSD board meeting in support of ethnic studies programs focusing on Palestinian history. Credit: Ximena Natera, Berkeleyside/CatchLight
Education
fromBoston.com
3 months ago

Smithfield football families stand by their kids amid antisemitism claims

Multiple members of the football team participated in a brief, approximately 90-second prank against a freshman student, While the freshman was using a urinal in a communal bathroom, with his back to the door, students closed the door, moved a bench in front of it, threw ice into the bathroom, and sprayed a few bursts of disinfectant into the open area above the door.
US news
Education
fromArs Technica
3 months ago

He got sued for sharing public YouTube videos; nightmare ended in settlement

A librarian faced a five-year copyright lawsuit after sharing public YouTube videos and settled while vowing to oppose invasive remote-proctoring technology like Proctorio.
fromDataBreaches.Net
4 months ago

Two years after an audit highlighted significant concerns, North Salem Central School District leaves sensitive student data at risk - DataBreaches.Net

The audit determined that District officials did not ensure network user accounts were adequately managed. It also determined there were sensitive information technology (IT) control weaknesses, which we communicated confidentially to officials. As a result, compromised accounts may not be detected and increased opportunities for users to make unauthorized or improper changes, improperly access students' private and personal information and/or modify accounting records to conceal malicious transactions exist. The audit included three recommendations to help District officials adequately secure access to the network and properly manage user permissions.
Information security
Privacy technologies
fromFuturism
4 months ago

An AI Mistook a Doritos Bag for a Gun and Called the Cops on a Teenager

An AI gun-detection system misidentified a Doritos bag as a weapon, triggering armed police and raising concerns about false positives, privacy, and bias.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 months ago

Institutions, Advocates Argue Against Admissions Data Collection

Under the Department of Education's proposed Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement, institutions would have to submit applied, admitted and enrolled student data broken down by test score quintiles, grade point average quintiles, income ranges, Pell Grant eligibility and parental education levels, as well as data regarding aid and student outcomes. Institutions would also be required to send historical data going back to 2020.
Higher education
EU data protection
fromTheregister
4 months ago

Microsoft 'illegally' tracked students via 365 Education

The Austrian regulator found Microsoft violated GDPR by failing to fully inform about student data processing and shifting access responsibilities onto schools.
fromTechzine Global
5 months ago

Microsoft 365 Education violates GDPR: illegally tracks students

During the COVID pandemic, schools around the world rapidly switched to cloud services. Microsoft immediately offered "educational" products. At the same time, responsibility for privacy compliance was shifted to schools and national authorities. The fundamental tension came to light when a student requested access to his personal data. Microsoft simply referred him to the local educational institution, which in turn could only provide minimal information because it does not have access to data held by Microsoft. The result: no one could guarantee GDPR rights.
EU data protection
#uc-berkeley
Higher education
fromThe Mercury News
5 months ago

UCSD faculty fear student, employee information may have been shared with Trump administration for investigation

UC San Diego faculty fear students' and employees' personal information may have been shared with federal investigators, risking targeting by the Trump administration.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 months ago

Letters: UC leadership should resign after handing over names

As the UC system asks its supporters to stand up against the federal government's demand for $1 billion from UCLA, it throws 160 of its own under the bus. In a cynical act of self-service, UC's leadership has given the names of those who practiced free speech, endangering their lives and livelihoods. As a Berkeley alum, I am appalled by this decision.
California
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
5 months ago

Maine fights Trump DOJ demand for identity of every student athlete in the state

Maine Principals' Association refused a DOJ subpoena for student-athlete rosters to protect minors' personally identifiable information amid a federal effort targeting transgender female athletes.
Privacy professionals
fromDataBreaches.Net
6 months ago

Texas sues PowerSchool over breach compromising info of over 880,000 students, teachers - DataBreaches.Net

A PowerSchool data breach exposed sensitive personal and health information of over 880,000 Texas students and teachers, prompting a lawsuit by the Texas Attorney General.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
6 months ago

Creepy AI Will Look Up a Teacher's Info to Predict What Grade They'll Give a Paper

Grammarly released an AI Grader that uses publicly available instructor information and uploaded rubrics to predict student grades and provide tailored feedback, raising privacy concerns.
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