How do schools balance the transparency they owe the public with the confidentiality they owe their students?
In recent years, public schools, especially in the US, have come under intense transparency scrutiny. On one hand, schools have a duty to understand what’s happening in their schools and behind closed doors, and be transparent. On the other hand, students have special rights to privacy enshrined in both state and federal law. How do schools balance the transparency they owe the public with the confidentiality they owe their students?