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Data-Mining Faces New Privacy Rules
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Data-Mining Faces New Privacy Rules

The new policies aim to close loopholes that the Federal Trade Commission says too often allow websites and online services to gather personal information improperly from students. (February 6, 2013)

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Diplomas Count uses the Cumulative Promotion Index (CPI) method to calculate high school graduation rates for American public schools.
May 31, 2011 - Education Week
On the front lines of the debate over whether four-year colleges are for everyone, community colleges are responding to new opportunities and some vexing problems.
May 31, 2011 - Education Week
When it comes to the fastest-growing sector of higher education, some experts and federal officials want buyers to beware.
May 31, 2011 - Education Week
The U.S. Department of Education's annual "Condition of Education" report finds fewer students enrolling in private schools and increasing numbers of students in public charter schools and for-profit colleges.
May 26, 2011 - Education Week
Growing concern about the academic welfare of students from highly mobile military families is prompting some advocates to call on schools to break out the data on them.
May 3, 2011 - Education Week
Federal privacy rules likely to take effect this summer offer timely, first-time guidance for states and districts finishing up new longitudinal student-data systems this year.
April 29, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
April 26, 2011 - Education Week
A new Mathematica study raises questions about recent research suggesting that students are transferring out of KIPP middle schools and their seats are going unfilled.
April 19, 2011 - Education Week
Researchers find a 'disconnect' between the rhetoric and the data on using academic growth to measure school progress.
April 1, 2011 | Updated: March 24, 2012 - Education Week
Data's importance is a key topic as educators and other leaders consider how to raise high school graduation rates, AT&T Foundation President Laura Sanford writes.
March 21, 2011 - Education Week

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