Remove Confidentiality Remove Counselling Remove Teachers
article thumbnail

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

eSchool News

Care Solace provides a Care Concierge team: experts in navigating the mental health care system to quickly and confidentially find appropriate providers in the community. IUSD is partnering with Care Solace to support its mission of providing school-based mental health and wellness services and resources to students and families.

article thumbnail

New resource offers 9 student data privacy best practices

eSchool News

Maintaining student confidentiality requires a comprehensive set of school data policies and practices. School leaders should consult legal counsel to best understand their district’s risks and options under the law. To register for the webinar, visit [link].

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? Chad Marlow, ACLU Counsel According to the Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), a Washington, D.C.-based But what happens in these legislative halls are rarely visible to teachers, students and parents.

article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

Steven McDonald, a FERPA expert and general counsel at the Rhode Island School of Design, thinks similarly. Be Cautious About What You Tell To Whom If a teacher witnesses an incident such as a fight on a school’s grounds, he can talk to, say, other parents or the press about what he saw.

article thumbnail

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

Edsurge

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. Even when I came on and there were two of us counseling, it wasn’t enough to support that many students. It’s 7:30 a.m. on a Monday morning.

article thumbnail

Closer to PowerSchool Breach Closure

Edtech IRL

In the PowerSchool case, Lane accessed PowerSchool and stole a massive trove of personally identifiable information (PII), including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical records, and even parent contact information for millions of students and teachers. Transferred this data to a server in Ukraine.

article thumbnail

Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

Edsurge

If possible, teachers and professors should use multiple modes of conveying information (video, audio, text slides, etc.) Rebecca Koenig (March 16, 2020) Administration and Leadership How is all this being negotiated with teachers unions? Rebecca Koenig (March 16, 2020) How will this affect teacher pay?

Schools 176