Graduate School of Education alum Jim Shelton, acting deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, speaks with Forbes about education technology. "We're beginning to see the ways in which technology can help students take control of their learning," he says.
A few weeks ago, I wrote this article as a follow up to Common Sense Media’s Student Privacy Zone Summit. Immediately following the summit, the U.S. Department of Education laid out some guidance and best practices through their Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC).
There are a ton of questions we need to ask about edtech, privacy, and student data. A lot of those questions are in my inbox–from the thousands of readers who have sent me feedback and comments to the article I mentioned above. It was clear that the conversation needed much more attention.
So I reached out to Jim Shelton, acting deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, who was panelist at the Student Privacy Zone Summit. The following is an unedited Q&A exchange between myself and Shelton. We cover a lot of ground: edtech in general, standardized testing, privacy, and more.
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