Education News – Jace Harr
“State School Superintendent Richard Woods announced this week that Georgia has appointed its first chief privacy officer, Levette Williams. Williams has stated that she will be training school districts on the importance of collecting and protecting data about students…A study by Fordham Law School’s Center on Law and Information Policy found that the data shared with private companies may include grades, test scores, attendance records, disability, family relationships, and social security numbers. 95% of school districts send student records to companies for the purpose of managing important school services, but only 7% of those districts sign contracts that forbid the companies from selling this data.”(more)