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Counslr Partners with Greece Central School District to Increase Mental Health Support Services

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This initiative will enable high school students and faculty to access Counslr’s 24/7/365 text-based mental health support platform, any time, anywhere. Counslr partners with companies, universities/colleges, and high schools so these entities can provide Counslr’s services to their employees/students at no direct cost.

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The Irvine USD Adds Care Solace to its Comprehensive Mental Health and Wellness Services

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The Irvine Unified School District (IUSD) has selected Care Solace to expand access to community mental health care providers and substance use treatment for students, staff, and their families. Irvine Unified School District’s partnership with Care Solace allows IUSD students, staff, and their families to access Care Solace at no cost.

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New resource offers 9 student data privacy best practices

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School and Student Data Privacy: Nine Considerations for Community Engagement” offers an overview of nine best practices that can help school leaders navigate student data privacy policies and frameworks. Maintaining student confidentiality requires a comprehensive set of school data policies and practices.

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From High School to Harvard, Students Urge for Clarity on Privacy Rights

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What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status. The degree of privacy a student gets should not be dependent on that student’s socioeconomic status.

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The Unintentional Ways Schools Might Be Violating FERPA, and How They Can Stay Vigilant

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Want to throw away old student records? If you don’t, your institution might get accused of violating the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, which protects student education records in both K-12 and higher education. Make sure you don’t just put them in trash cans—shred them first.

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Counselors Couldn’t Keep Up With Our Growing Mental Health Crisis, So Peers Stepped Up

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I welcome students into the building with an optimistic smile on my face while teachers give an endless supply of high fives, and students yawn and find a corner to sit with their friends. A student needs me, and so it begins. By the time I return, two students are waiting outside my office and I’ve got two notes on my door.

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Closer to PowerSchool Breach Closure

Edtech IRL

For those of us keeping up with the PowerSchool data breach, a 19-year-old student at Assumption University in Worcester, Massachusetts, has agreed to plead guilty to several federal charges after hacking into the systems of two U.S. They threatened to release stolen confidential data unless paid.