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Stickland, Rachael – Network for Public Education, 2019
In 1974, Congress passed legislation known as the "Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act" or FERPA, in response to "the growing evidence of the abuse of student records across the nation." The law was written to protect the confidentiality of information held in a student's records. With the introduction of technology in…
Descriptors: Privacy, Information Security, Student Rights, Parent Rights
Baker, Bruce D. – Network for Public Education, 2018
In July of 2018, the Education Research Alliance for New Orleans released a comprehensive, summative longitudinal report on the effects on student outcomes of the package of reforms implemented in New Orleans following hurricane Katrina in the fall of 2005. This policy brief reviews the findings of this report by Douglas Harris and Matthew Larsen,…
Descriptors: Natural Disasters, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Academic Achievement