The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has closed its six-month-old investigation into a cyber attack during Florida Standards Assessments testing this spring. The agency isn’t saying who tried to shut down testing by overloading servers, or why. But law enforcement officials said no personal student data was accessed during the attack. FDLE said they found […]
Education technology companies are collecting as many as 10 million pieces of information daily about every child using their products, according to a Politico investigation into the growing use of education data. Many school districts don’t restrict contractors from using the data. And a federal privacy law was written prior to widespread Internet use and […]
Itās report card day at Miami Carol City Senior High, and sophomore MackĀ GodbeeĀ is reviewing his grades with his mentor, NatashaĀ Santana-Viera. The first quarter onĀ GodbeeāsĀ report card is littered with Ds andĀ Fs. This quarter, there are more Cs andĀ Bs. Heās got an A in English. āCongratulations on that,ā saysĀ Santana-Viera. āWhen you need help, do you know where […]
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