Schools and Student Data Privacy: Needs Improvement

Schools across the country are rapidly adopting new technological tools and cloud services to support their educational missions. To use these online services, schools transfer large quantities of student personal data including transcript information, homework essays, lunchroom purchases and even student weight to third party providers. What can the providers do with the student information? Does the law protect the privacy of the data? Do school districts assure the protection of the data they transfer or is student privacy lost in the cloud? Join CITP’s visiting professor and two key stakeholders for a disconcerting look at the state of privacy protection and a positive look at possible future solutions.

Speaker:
Joel R. Reidenberg, Microsoft Visiting Professor of Information Technology Policy, CITP, Princeton University

Commentators:
Steve Mutkoski, World Wide Policy Director, Microsoft
Kenneth Mitchell, Ed.D., Superintendent, South Orangetown Central School District, New York; Chair, Lower Hudson Council of School Superintendents