ERIC Number: EJ1468279
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May
Pages: 4
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
EISSN: EISSN-1935-102X
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Students under Surveillance: Big Data Policing and Privacy Rights
Educational Researcher, v54 n4 p234-237 2025
The surveillance and securitization of schools has transformed over the last decade to include predictive analytics and algorithms. In Florida, for example, the Pasco Sheriff's Office used school record data sets to identify and monitor youth they believed were "destined for a life of crime." Yet the extent of big data policing as a model of surveillance and control in American public schools has not been addressed in meaningful ways by schools and the courts. This essay argues the burden and risk on student Fourth Amendment and privacy rights place an obligation on the government to actively protect student data and make big data policing efforts transparent. Future research is critical to address the systemic inequities that policing and surveillance have exacerbated on America's youth.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Student Rights, Student Records, Confidential Records, Information Security, Privacy, Information Policy, Disclosure, Police School Relationship, At Risk Students, Delinquency Prevention, Equal Protection, Educational Discrimination, Educational Legislation, Government School Relationship, School Law
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Florida
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Author Affiliations: 1Indiana University, Bloomington, IN