Education Data: Teacher Privacy vs. Transparency for Parents

Data privacy is the new frontier for property rights.  People fiercely want to protect their personal data. It gets tricky when the person trying to protect their data is a public school teacher.

A parent in Virginia sued to have teacher evaluations released.

The first court sided with the parent to allow for the release of teacher evaluations.  The suit is on appeal. Teacher groups refer to the release of evaluations as an invasion of privacy. It’ll be fought to the Supreme Court and is a fight occurring around the country.  Washington Post