Video: schools cautious over data privacy and applications 
High-tech systems and personalised learning techniques in schools are increasing concerns about data privacy, as students spend more time online. In some American education districts, schools are so concerned about the lack of security around students’ personal information that it is affecting their efforts to roll out such technology. One interesting data security concern does not even have anything to with learning; the video states that data regarding what a child eats in the school cafeteria is now collected using a student ID card. The concern is whether there might come a time when a health insurance company wants to see what each child ate when they were in primary school to decide how they are going to underwrite that individual’s insurance when they reach adulthood.

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But, first, school districts across the country are going high-tech, incorporating educational apps and digital programs into the classroom.

But fears about the privacy and security of students' personal information are on the rise.

Special correspondent John Tulenko of Education Week reports as a part of our Tuesday night series, Making the Grade.