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What information does a school system possibly need to keep away from the public? This smells.
by heliodor 3y ago
What information does a school system possibly need to keep away from the public? This smells.
- amalcon 3y agoMost obviously, personal information about students.
- troupe 3y agoThere might be some information that could be combined with other data in ways that would violate the privacy of students and their families. Obviously discipline records with student names shouldn't be public, but what about records without names where the students name could be found by linking it with other data. AOL released a bunch of search queries in 2006 with they idea that they were anonymous, but it turned out you could get quite a bit of personal information from them by linking searches together.
- nend 3y agoIf you're curious, read up on FERPA.
- nonameiguess 3y agoPresumably all data about student educational outcomes, which are protected by FERPA. The school system doesn't have the option to just ignore the law and make this information public.
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