(TNS) — 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 ...

Cybercriminals spare no industry, targeting sectors like health care, insurance, automotive and education. Health care has been a frequent target, with attacks like the Ascension breach last year and ...

SEATTLE — In a recent survey of K-12 ed-tech leaders, the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) found that most are extremely or very concerned about student data privacy but lack the expertise and ...

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 ...

In the year 2025, no one should have to be convinced that protecting data privacy matters. For education institutions, it’s really that simple of a priority–and that complicated. Despite the passage ...

In December 2021, a data breach occurred at Illuminate after the credentials of a former employee were commandeered by hackers. The information downloaded allegedly contained student names, birth ...

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 ...

ECPS parent has filed FERPA, civil rights violations complaints with Florida Department of Education. Under FERPA and COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. Today's schools are no strangers to technology. What began ...

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 ...

The Student Privacy Pledge — a voluntary promise to protect student data — ceased. The pledge was started to convince edtech companies to adopt transparency ...