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Hoping to protect the privacy and safety of K-12 students, the FBI has issued a public service announcement encouraging awareness of cyberthreats involving education technologies, or edtech.
Last week, I stumbled onto a blog post from Clever announcing its new “Clever Badges” for students in Grades K-2. Designed to make it easier for younger students to access the edtech ap…
Last October Connecticut’s leading education groups and associations issued a joint ultimatum to vendors that use or collect student data: Comply with ...
Policymakers, parents, and privacy advocates have long asked whether FERPA is up to the task of protecting student privacy in the 21st century. A just-released letter regarding the Agora Cyber Charter School might signal that a FERPA compliance crack-down – frequently mentioned as their next step after providing extensive guidance…
Like the tech industry to which it belongs, education technology companies also struggle with a lack of diversity. Kimberly Bryant, founder of the ...
Study finds completing a 10-minute activity at the beginning of a MOOC can lead to significantly improved outcomes for certain at-risk learners.
"The decision to include computer science among the AP offerings was made in 1981."
A third of families living below poverty level access the Internet only through their phones. And young people from these families get access to few learning opportunities.
The EFF is asking for a federal investigation into whether Google broke a pledge to honor student privacy with its educational tools. Today, the group filed a complaint with the FTC, alleging that...
Google is one of more than 200 companies that have signed on to the "Student Privacy Pledge," in which it promises to, among other things, "Not collect, maintain, use or…
Geddit. Taught It. MommaZoo. In the last six months, all three of these companies have announced that they’re shutting their doors. Two are Imagine K12 ...
A clear reversal of course and a vote of no confidence for the $1.3 billion project.