Our districts are part of TEC (The Education Cooperative), a group that helps schools make safe and smart choices about educational technology, especially when it comes to protecting student privacy.
This list of digital tools approved by the district that students may use to learn, create, or collaborate online. These tools require students to log in, and their use follows strict privacy and safety guidelines.
Each tool on this list has been carefully reviewed by the district to ensure it supports learning goals and meets data privacy standards. We prioritize tools that protect student information and provide a safe, secure online environment.
Please note that this list is not final. As new agreements are made, we’ll keep adding them and updating this page regularly to keep you informed.
The Education Collaborative's (TEC) Student Data Privacy Alliance
As part of our commitment to protecting student data, our districts utilize TEC’s Student Data Privacy Alliance (SDPA) administrative and legal support to negotiate privacy terms with our software vendors.
TEC’s service was launched in 2017 in cooperation with the Student Data Privacy Consortium, TEC developed a statewide Data Privacy Agreement (DPA) that now spans 5 states: MA, NH, RI, ME, and VT. These legally enforceable documents articulate a vendor’s responsibilities and the duties required to protect student data in compliance with all applicable federal and state privacy statutes, including FERPA, PPRA, COPPA. TEC services over 240 school districts in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, and Vermont with expert legal counsel and experienced contract administrators. To date, they have achieved over 1700 signed vendor agreements.
For more information about TEC’s Student Data Privacy Alliance; go to https://tec-coop.org/data-privacy.