A4L announce Community Leadership for 2026-2027

Washington, DC, 28 May 2026—The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community is proud to announce the Community Leadership Groups for 2026. The Leadership Groups bring a wealth of experience and knowledge in education, data management, privacy, security, and business acumen. They oversee management of the SIF Specification and the Student Data Privacy Consortium (SDPC) as well as contribute to the development of strategies for the global Community, and guiding development of the A4L Community internationally.

A4L Community publish the SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.7 (global) supporting greater compatibility, future-proofing, and streamlining integration

The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community is proud to announce the release of the collaboratively developed global SIF Infrastructure Specification 3.7 (global) which is unique in the technical standards world in that it supports data movement via greater interoperability by standardizing ‘data and privacy on the wire’.

WEBINAR: AI’s impact on Privacy and Interoperability

Join us for a lively webinar where we will dive down quickly into exactly what this means for the Education Marketplace and ecosystem. Join experts from data interoperability, privacy think tanks and K12 legal counsel as we engage in a moderated discussion about the intersection of AI, Interoperability & Privacy in K12.

PESC-A4L Summit 2024: Registration open!

We are delighted to open registration for our Annual Meeting, which will be held in partnership with PESC (Postsecondary Electronics Standards Council) on April 30-May 2 in Arlington, VA.

Interoperability is a big word that just got some even bigger press

Today – Monday, August 7th, 2023 – The US Department of Education Office of Education Technology released three briefs that cover the role of interoperability, cybersecurity, and privacy. These briefs are part of a national effort to create more secure and resilient digital ecosystems.

A4L Community release ‘performance tested’ SIF Infrastructure Specification to standardize data and privacy on the wire

The Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community is proud to announce the release of the SIF Infrastructure Specification (global) 3.4 which is unique in the technical standards world in that it supports data movement via greater interoperability by standardizing ‘data and privacy on the wire’…

The Massachusetts Data Hub

Over the last decade, awareness and concerns over student data privacy issues gained attention across the United States. With 2020 came a newly heightened awareness of privacy, as nearly all students were thrown into online learning, and families had greater visibility to the technology tools their children were using.