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fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks ago

Ed Department Weaponizes FERPA to Restrict Voting (opinion)

Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Education sent a letter to every college and university president with the goal of continuing its efforts to curb voting among college students. This latest letter threatens colleges and universities if they participate in or use the data from the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement, claiming that if they do so, they "could be at risk of being found in violation of FERPA."
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fromAdvocate.com
3 weeks ago

California sues Trump admin over its demand to forcibly out trans students

California sued the U.S. Department of Education and the federal government to block a funding threat tied to the state's ban on forced outing of transgender students.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

Education Department says California must allow schools to forcibly out trans students - LGBTQ Nation

In a statement released by Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday, she accused CDE of "egregiously" abusing its authority by "pressuring school officials to withhold information about students' so-called 'gender transitions' from their parents." "Children do not belong to the State-they belong to families," she added. "We will use every available mechanism to hold California accountable for these practices and restore parental rights."
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fromDataBreaches.Net
4 months ago

University of Pennsylvania says it wasn't hacked after a vulgar email was sent to campus community - DataBreaches.Net

The University of Pennsylvania is investigating a vulgar email that was sent to members of its campus community. Penn told CBS News Philadelphia that it was not hacked, but the university is working to find the source of the fraudulent email. The email's subject line read "We Got Hacked" and included explicit language while urging recipients to "stop giving money" to the university.
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fromThe Verge
4 months ago

Hackers threaten to leak 'woke' University of Pennsylvania student data

Suspected political hackers sent abusive emails claiming a Penn GSE breach, threatening FERPA-covered student data leaks and prompting Penn's incident response team to investigate.
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fromeLearning Industry
6 months ago

ClassDojo Announces New Privacy Agreement With The Education Cooperative

ClassDojo joins the TEC Standardized Data Privacy Agreement to streamline adoption of edtech tools while ensuring high standards of student data protection.
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