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The research for this report examined directory information practices and related issues in a multi-year study across more than 5,000 schools at the primary, secondary, and postsecondary levels. The research found troubling and challenging student privacy problems that need to be urgently addressed. The report includes detailed findings and recommendations based on the research.
School closings, e-learning tough for the 20% of rural students without broadband.
The hotly debated move does little to address underlying issues many teachers and parents are having with the platform and other tools, educators say.
Cheating is not a technological problem, but a social and pedagogical problem. Technology is often blamed for creating the conditions in which cheating proliferates and is then offered as the solution to the problem it created; both claims are false.
Parents can use Life360 to track their teen’s location in real time. The company can use that data to sell car insurance.
Excellent overview.
In part 2 of our series on child identity theft, we examine the signs their PII might be compromised and how to reclaim your child's identity if it is.
How the technology morphed from prisons to K-12 classes, even though there's little proof it actually works
In this two-part series on child identity theft, we shed light on the growing problem of familiar fraud, where those entrusted with a minor's information are the very ones who abuse it.
Schools are increasingly adopting surveillance technology to spy on students while they’re at school, at home, or even on their social media. The companies that make these surveillance products and
There was a sharp rise in the frequency of cyber incidents affecting public school districts across the U.S. in 2019, according to new research conducted by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center. ARLINGTON, Va. – February 27, 2020 – (Newswire.com) According to a report released today by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: […]
Fearing school shootings, two districts have become the first in the country to replace metal detectors with body scanners from a company called Evolv Technology.
A technology used in a number of prisons could soon be tracking students.
Exclusive: KidsGuard siphoned off photos, videos, screenshots and call recordings to an unprotected server.
We check out a prototype at New York Toy Fair to see how Amazon's voice assistant plays with preschoolers.
Really good example of a security/privacy policy for vendors.
The New Mexico attorney general is taking on Google with a lawsuit claiming it violates students’ privacy.
On dealing with tough situations in libraries, un- or undersupported.
Updated: Using Discord, too, is apparently a warning sign that your child is turning into a naughty hacker.