As universities increasingly adopt digital tools and automated analytics systems, attention often centers on these tools' ...

The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday opened an investigation into a program that may be illegally collecting and sharing student information for the purpose of “influencing elections,” the ...

BOISE, Idaho — A second class-action lawsuit has been filed against PowerSchool, the student data company widely used by K-12 schools, alleging the company improperly collects, uses and shares student ...

Walk into any data meeting at a K-12 school today, and you’ll likely see a familiar scene: educators huddled around printed reports, highlighters in hand, trying to make sense of student data spread ...

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Hackers gained access to an online coding repository belonging to the University of Sydney and stole files with personal information of staff and students. The institution said the breach was limited ...

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is proposing that education technology provider Illuminate Education to delete unnecessary student data and improve its security to settle allegations related to an ...

In the first months after lawmakers removed a family income eligibility requirement for New Hampshire’s education freedom account program, nearly all of the students who enrolled for the first time ...

The company failed to secure student health records, addresses, and other sensitive information for years Parents can take steps now to protect their children's data at school If your child attends ...