The Department of Education released its long-anticipated undated FERPA regulations yesterday, to be analyzed by the Data Quality Campaign in the coming weeks (and covered by the Wall Street Journal here.). But don't read those without first turning to Chrys Dougherty's excellent analysis of FERPA - its flaws, history, and possible reforms - in Fordham's A Byte at the Apple. (And for a little humor, check out our FERPA music video - the tragic tale of one education researcher's quest for data.)
