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FortifyFL: Florida’s Misguided Communist-Style Student Reporting Tool
In 2018 Florida passed legislation requiring the rollout of a reporting app called FortifyFL that promotes communist-style snitching on your neighbor, but in this case on Florida’s students. Continue reading
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Congratulations Hillsborough Schools: Your Skills in Stonewalling Parents are Superb!
My jaw dropped when I came across School Board Member Cindy Stuart’s comments from the July 30, 2019 Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) board meeting. Given what I know from years of research on student data security, her comment swirled … Continue reading
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Who Holds Florida School Districts Accountable?
On May 12 Boca News Now reported that a second grader hacked Palm Beach County School District’s student password system. This isn’t the first time a Florida school system has had problems with security. In 2018 Florida Virtual Schools “left the … Continue reading
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Who Has Your Kid’s Data?
Below is a story written by a mom in central Florida about an under-reported and growing problem in public schools. She is sharing this story to bring attention to the lack of control parents have over protecting their children’s privacy … Continue reading
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Kids Need Better Books: How Did Mabry Elementary’s Library Perform Against Four Other Hillsborough Schools?
Public School Library books should exude quality content with morals and ethics; after all schools are for educating students. Should children’s desires be what guides the books procured for school libraries? Is that what guides the classroom? Mabry Elementary is … Continue reading
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