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From SPS Communications, some VERY good news: District directs career-planning firm to destroy all student data Seattle Public Schools previously partnered with a company to assist students, parents and school counselors in career planning and to create authentic High School and Beyond plans, a state graduation requirement. The company, ConnectEdu, was in business from 2002 until April of 2014, when they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The district immediately contacted them to request that all student data be destroyed per the contract; however, since they were protected under bankruptcy laws, the data was not destroyed at that time but was fully secured. Graduation Alliance then purchased ConnectEdu, and Seattle Public Schools contacted Graduation Alliance immediately to verify again that the data was secure. In late September, Graduation Alliance contacted families about this data, which raised concerns. The district notified the compa...

About ConnectEdu , their college/career division was acquired by a group called Graduation Alliance.    Some other activists and I are looking into this as the FTC had said they were not going to allow ConnectEdu to sell student data. SPS students (and their parents) should have each received an e-mail in the last week, telling them they can take their data off or leave it, should they want to access GA's services.  I was also told that GA had sent a letter to every parent, telling them this and introducing their company. If anyone got such a letter, could you scan it and send it to me?  I'd like to see what they said. I am going to be on hiatus again over the next week but will try to keep up especially if there is breaking news.  It would be great if anyone attending the Work Session on the Federal Reserve building could take careful notes (especially on the recommendation) and either send them to me or write up a report yourself and send it to me. Wh...