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After the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018, it led to a call for school leaders in Florida to gather and share more information on troubled students, like confessed shooter Nikolas Cruz, in hopes of preventing another tragedy. However, the recommendation of the Florida Schools Safety Portal has privacy advocates concerned about how students’ privacy will be protected. (CBS Miami)

Google is facing a new lawsuit filed by the state of New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on this week, alleging the company violates the privacy of students who use free Chromebooks provided to schools through the company’s G Suite for Education platform. (The Verge)

Faced with dwindling budgets, increasing class sizes and heightened competition, teachers around the world are looking for new pedagogical approaches to meet increasingly complex needs. Kelly Scott, account director for education at Virtus Data Centres, talks about powering a new approach to teaching and learning for the 21st century. (Ed Technology)

Many boys and young men think the movement is essential for girls and women, but struggle with how they fit into it. Many boys say while it's long overdue, they worry what it means for them. (The New York Times)

The settlement of a much-watched lawsuit filed on behalf of students who struggled with reading at three California elementary schools has resulted in 75 schools sharing in $50 million in state grants to improve reading and writing instruction. The suit against the state alleged that students' civil rights were being violated by denying them a quality education. (Ed Source)

The impact of high-quality early childhood education is well-established, especially for children in low-income communities: stronger reading and math skills and higher staying power at nearly every stage of education — and, years later, higher chances of owning a home and a car; lower chances of being incarcerated, receiving welfare or having children out of wedlock. Here's how Louisiana and Mississippi are fundamentally changing their thinking about students' early years. (The Hechinger Report)