Student privacy Archives

HOHENSEE: Student Privacy vs. The State

September 26, 2025 Doris Hohensee

The NH Department of Education (DOE) collects hundreds of data points on every pre-K to 12 grade student in public school, plus 10,000 Education Freedom Account students attending private and home schools. The data is entered into a Statewide Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) and then shared with the federal government and other “designated” private researchers … Read more

The CDC’s 2025 Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Already a disaster!

July 20, 2025April 12, 2025 Betsy Harrington

On April 10th, the Youth Risk Behavior Survey was given to the students at Hillsboro Deering High School in Hillsboro, NH. The survey is a HIGHLY revealing questionnaire that many parents choose to opt their children out of. The survey was created by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and is administered by The Department … Read more

PowerSchool Breach, Senator Hassan, and WMUR: Who’s Looking Out for Students?

March 21, 2025 Ann Marie Banfield

Several years ago, student privacy legislation was introduced in the New Hampshire Senate. I was the only person in the room supporting privacy protections for New Hampshire students. Ed Tech lobbyists were there to protect their profit stream. I was warned that the Ed Tech vendors would send their lobbyists to fight for their interests, … Read more

WARNING: Public Schools Are Now A Way To Deny Your Child Military And Career Opportunities

September 12, 2023September 12, 2023 Ann Marie Banfield

It’s bad enough that public schools have dumbed down the academic component in our public schools to the point where many children will miss out on careers in medicine, engineering, mathematics, and the sciences. Common Core and the Next Generation Science Standards are simply not up to par.

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Is Your Child’s Personal Data Collected By Google Classroom?

November 16, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

GOOGLE – has NOT protected Privacy: Parents need to evaluate what is happening in their Schools with Data collection by Ed Tech companies. More than half of K-12 grade Students use GOOGLE every day in the classroom.

Protect Parental Rights and Student Privacy: Oppose Senate Bill 196

February 10, 2019 Steve MacDonald

What is SB 196? This bill deals with administration of non-academic surveys by public schools to students. The bill changes the requirements of school district policies governing the administration of non-academic surveys and questionnaires. It removes informed written parental consent. It does this by changing the requirement from opt in to opt out. Currently for … Read more