There are many damaging aspects of the budget bill , but one that has received inadequate attention is a provision passed by the House that would impose a 10-year ban on states or localities from limiting or regulating the use of the artificial intelligence in the classroom and beyond. This provision is a naked giveaway … Continue reading Alert: Urge your Senators to eliminate the ban on regulating AI from the budget bill!→| Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
Illinois Families for Public Schools sent a letter to the Chicago Board of Education on May 5, 2025 with a list of concerns about privacy and other issues with a new telehealth program where mental health services are provided by for-profit company Hazel Health. IL-FPS urges the Board to answer the questions posed in the letter and revise the consent forms that parents agree to when they sign their student up for services.| Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
The letter is embedded below the press release. For immediate release: May 27, 2025 For more information: Leonie Haimson, info@studentprivacymatters.org; 917-435-9329 Rosa Diaz, Rdiaz.cec4@gmail.com; 347-885-1687 Shannon Edwards, shannon@aiforfamilies.com; 347-719-2161 Kaye Dyja, kdyja@nyclu.org; 212-203-3532 On Wednesday May 28, 2025, the Panel for Educational Policy is scheduled to vote on the revisions to Chancellor’s regulation A-820, which … Continue reading Parent leaders, elected o...| Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
Background on need to strengthen NYC Chancellor’s regs on student privacy| Parent Coalition for Student Privacy
April 8, 2025 The annual conference of Network for Public Education, on whose board I sit, was held last weekend in Columbus, Ohio. It was terrific as usual, with wonderful speeches and incisive and illuminating workshops and panel discussions on how to strengthen our public schools and protect them from the depredations of budget cuts, … Continue reading Risks of using AI in the classroom→| Parent Coalition for Student Privacy