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By: Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CHFI, CFE Standardized assessment companies are quick to act to safeguard their intellectual property and copyrighted information (test questions and item banks). They are less surefooted regarding computer glitches, data breaches and the unauthorized re-selling of student confidential data that negatively impact students and families. Unless a state education […]

Alexa and Threat to Privacy in Schools

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| Cyber Security

Tonya Mead, PhD, MBA, M.Ed, CHFI, CFE, So you think that Alexa poses no threat to student and educator data privacy in the school system? Think again. While Amazon has confirmed that “its Echo devices recorded a family’s conversation and then messaged it to a random family on the family’s contact list,” not much has […]

Drugging Medicaid kids and education fraud

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| Fraud in Education, Parent Support

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology It is alleged in a Texas lawsuit that AstraZenca fraudulently marketed Seroqeul, a potent anti-psychotic drug, for the unauthorized treatment of kids. As is common practice, many of the patients may have been referred by the child’s school. Further, prescribers may have been affiliated with […]

Education fraud risk and ELL programs

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| Ethics and Corruption, Fraud in Education

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, CHFI, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology English is not the primary home language for almost 10 percent of kindergarten through twelfth grade (k-12 ) public school students. The US Department of Education, as reported by the National Academies calculates that English Language Learners “are the fastest growing educational subgroup in the […]

Educator Fraud and Disparate Impact

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| Ethics and Corruption, Fraud in Education

By: Tonya Mead, CFE, PI, MBA, MA Educational Psychology State education agencies have been under intense pressure to develop initiatives to detect, deter and investigate educator misconduct as a result of highly publicized cases (Bello, Marislo, & Toppol, 2011). This environment negatively impacts African American students as they benefit the most from instructors exhibiting sound […]

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Testing Industry and Liquidated Damages

Alexa and Threat to Privacy in Schools

Drugging Medicaid kids and education fraud

Education fraud risk and ELL programs

Educator Fraud and Disparate Impact