Using Student Data to Identify Future Criminals: A Privacy Debacle

This article from Education Week examines the implications of the Pasco County sheriff’s office in Florida using  school data and records from the Department of Children and Families to create a list of students that were “at-risk for a life of crime.” Data privacy experts shared with the media that the actions of the Sheriff’s department may represent an illegal use of student data under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) that is particularly harmful to students of color.