Education Week

Is DOGE Putting Student and Educator Data at Risk?

From President Donald Trump’s plans to shutter the U.S. Department of Education to threats of federal funding cuts for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, people who work in K-12 education ...
Inside Higher Ed

Is DOGE Digging Around in Student Data?

Just last month, Lorena Tule-Romain was encouraging families with mixed citizenship statuses to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. She and her staff at ImmSchools, a nonprofit ...
Forbes

The Selling Of Our Children: The Hidden Danger Of Student Data Abuse

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on the human/political issues surrounding college admissions. Classrooms with the desks at a safe distance of the ...
Education Week

Schools Face an Uphill Battle in Protecting Student Data in the Age of AI

Many school district technology leaders are struggling to establish fundamental student data privacy practices, partly due to a lack of support from the rest of the district, concludes a new report ...
The Daily Californian

UC system informs students about FAFSA and CADAA data privacy

The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and California Dream Act Application, or CADAA, applications’ priority deadline is upcoming on March 3. The University of California, or ...
WOSU Public Media

New Ohio law makes it illegal to sell student data

Senate Bill 29 passed in June of 2024 and went into effect in October. The bill is formally titled “Regards education records and student data privacy.” Ohio Sen. Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City) sponsored ...
Government Technology

CoSN: Dedicated Positions, Training Needed for Student Data Privacy

Nearly three quarters of ed-tech leaders in the U.S. who oversee student data privacy for their district don't have that task in their job description, and 17 percent of them have no training in the ...
Newsweek

Abolishing Department of Education Could Save Student Privacy | Opinion

President Donald Trump looks poised to make good on his campaign promise to close the Department of Education, leading many to speculate about what such a move would mean for student loans and ...
9NEWS

Student data privacy issue leads schools to evaluate interest in Broncos helmet giveaway

DENVER — The Denver Broncos say it's the largest philanthropic investment the club has ever made. More than 15,500 Riddell Axiom 'smart helmets' were donated for free across every high school tackle ...
The Journal

For Ed Tech Leaders, Student Data Privacy Is Critical — But Missing from the Job Description

A new report from CoSN examines gaps and opportunities in student data privacy at schools and districts across the country. The 2025 National Student Data Privacy ...
Forbes

No, Filing A FERPA Complaint Won’t Cancel Your Student Loans

In recent weeks, social media platforms, particularly TikTok, have been abuzz with misleading claims suggesting that filing a complaint under the Family Educational ...