23965 shaares
674 results
tagged
k12
Largely missing from the ban-phones-in-schools debate are the opinions of important regulatory bodies such as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Australian Human Righ…
What happened to a Portland student sheds light on how a desire to thwart a shooting can have unintended consequences.
UK privacy-for-kids effort
Apple plans to change the rules it has for kids apps, raising concerns among some app developers about the way the tech giant wields power unilaterally over its App Store.
Podcast on student privacy. No transcript.
This report examines current and trend data on course access, enrollment, and equity in computer science education across California. Key findings from this report include: *Just 39% of high schools in California offer computer science courses, and only 14% offer Advanced Placement Computer Science A. *Low-income schools are 4x less likely to offer AP CS A than high-income schools and ... Read More
Third-party companies are likely collecting information on your child through the apps and programs they use in the classroom.
Parents who choose not to post photos of their kids on social media struggle when Facebook-happy older relatives break the rules.
Through a Right-to-Know request, Keystone Crossroads obtained summaries of what schools across the state plan to purchase with an unprecedented level of state grant funding.
After years of working for white principals and feeling sidelined and misunderstood, teacher Gemayel Hazard sought out a principal of color. Now, both his and his students’ needs are being fully addressed, he writes.
Public schools across the US continue to spend millions implementing AI-powered surveillance solutions alleged to prevent or mitigate violence. The only problem: most of them don’t work. US schools now rival China’s when it comes to ubiquit
Columbia Falls School District was in trouble. What started as a strange text message on the superintendent’s phone one day in mid-September 2017 had quickly become an email and then a chain of emails sent to school officials and parents threatening graphic violence in the district south of Montana’s Glacier National Park. And then, finally, […]
In our work with educators, schools, students and communities, Learning for Justice seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.
A recent audit found the state’s Education Department was storing sensitive personal data in plaintext format and not updating its software.
Young users on the wildly popular video app have created an ad hoc system of screenshot leaks and callout videos meant to out abusers and predators.
If we change the way we talk about "phone addiction," we'll have a better shot at addressing it.