If your school uses Khan Academy, school administrators and teachers assigned to your account can see your full learning history, progress, and activity on the platform.
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Student data in school-deployed accounts is accessible to institutional administrators beyond just the assigned teacher, which expands the audience for sensitive academic performance data without additional student or parental consent.
Students using Khan Academy through a school account should be aware that their complete learning activity, including performance on individual exercises, is visible to school district administrators and not just their assigned teacher.
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"If you are a student or teacher and your school or district has signed up for Khan Academy, your school or district's administrators may be able to view information about your use of Khan Academy. If you are a student, this includes information about your learning progress and activity. Khan Academy may also share your information with your school or district in connection with your use of our Service.— Excerpt from Khan Academy's Khan Academy Privacy Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages FERPA, under which Khan Academy acts as a school official with legitimate educational interest when processing student data on behalf of an institution. The school or district retains primary accountability for student education records. The Department of Education's Student Privacy Policy Office is the enforcement authority. State student privacy laws in California (SOPIPA), New York, and others impose additional constraints on how student data may be used by service providers. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High. The extension of data access to district-level administrators creates a broad institutional access footprint for student behavioral data. Compliance teams must assess whether data processing agreements adequately limit administrator access to legitimate educational purposes and prohibit commercial use of accessed data. JURISDICTION FLAGS: California's SOPIPA and similar state laws prohibit service providers from using student data for purposes other than those specified in the contract with the school. EU and UK school deployments would require GDPR-compliant data processing agreements including processor obligations under GDPR Article 28. Illinois and New York impose specific breach notification requirements for student data. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Procurement teams should ensure the data processing agreement with Khan Academy specifies which categories of school personnel have access, under what conditions, and for what purposes. Audit rights provisions are advisable. The agreement should address what happens to student data upon contract termination. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Institutions should notify parents or guardians of the scope of administrator access to student data as part of their annual FERPA notification obligations. Data governance policies should specify the legitimate educational purpose standard for administrator access to Khan Academy student records.
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Student data in school-deployed accounts is accessible to institutional administrators beyond just the assigned teacher, which expands the audience for sensitive academic performance data without additional student or parental consent.
Students using Khan Academy through a school account should be aware that their complete learning activity, including performance on individual exercises, is visible to school district administrators and not just their assigned teacher.
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