Newsweek

PowerSchool Breach Victim Says Hackers Stole All Student Data

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The school districts that had their data stolen in the recent cyberattack on PowerSchool say hackers now have access to ...
Education Week

Principals Often Misuse Student Achievement Data. Here’s How to Get It Right

Each school year, one important task on a principal’s plate is to review student-achievement data to identify trends and adjust goals. However, several common misinterpretations and misuse of such ...
Inside Higher Ed

What We’ve Learned So Far From Tracking Student Visa Data

On April 7, amid reports that the federal government was detaining international students and revoking their visas, Inside Higher Ed began collecting and cross-checking data in an effort to track ...
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

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 ...
Inside Higher Ed

Education Dept. Tells Universities Not to Use Student Voting Data

The Education Department sent a message to colleges and universities nationwide Thursday: Any that use data released this year by a massive student voting study risk being labeled violators of a ...
WRAL

NC student data compromised in breach, NC and PowerSchool say

Data from the North Carolina’s student and teacher information system — containing personal and private information about the state’s schoolchildren and teachers — was compromised last month, but ...
Government Technology

CoSN 2025: How to Build a Student Data Privacy Program

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 ...
EdTech

AI in Higher Education: Protecting Student Data Privacy

While artificial intelligence has long supported higher education research initiatives, it’s now expanding into areas that touch student data. Examples include face recognition in surveillance cameras ...
KCUR 89.3 FM

Missouri universities are handing over student data to the U.S. Department of Education

The Trump administration is demanding additional student enrollment data from federally funded universities to ensure they're no longer using affirmative action methods in their admissions processes.
KBIA

Missouri universities comply with Department of Education student data collections

Schools such as Missouri State and the University of Missouri are some of 2,200 schools racing the clock to upload the data by the March 18 deadline. Dawn Medley is the new vice president for ...