Tell us about your experience with automated tools meant to detect suspicious student behavior. By Kashmir Hill We are no longer accepting submissions. Some of the responses were included in this ...

In an open letter this week to U.S. Department of Education Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Catherine E. Lhamon, 15 education, technology, and civil rights nonprofits called for the department to ...

Student device monitoring disproportionately affects kids who cannot afford their own devices and, according to a new report, poses threats to student privacy (such as LGBTQI+ students who might be ...

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Hockey league, players' association reach tentative deal on collective bargaining The ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association (PHPA) announced Saturday that they have reached a tentative ...

Researchers have uncovered a slew of critical vulnerabilities in remote monitoring software -- an incident made worse as it could impact student safety and privacy. On Monday, McAfee disclosed the ...

If you’re a parent of a K-12 student or a student yourself, your computer use is likely being monitored by your school, according to new research. The monitoring of student electronic devices by ...

Online test takers around the country are reportedly getting tricked into using fake answer sites surreptitiously snitching on them to universities, a sneaky practice some education advocates claim ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Could your student’s school devices be violating their privacy in ways that could be used against them? A new report said the student surveillance company called Go Guardian and others ...

(TNS) — The Baltimore City school system is monitoring its laptops with software that alerts officials when a student might be considering suicide, a controversial innovation that came about during ...

Although the Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle, it is now using a different student monitoring software — and its use was not voted on by board members or mentioned in court documents ...

Robin Pocornie brought a lamp with her to court. It’s nothing special, just a basic Ikea floor lamp. But for the masters student, the lamp was a useful prop to help explain how she believes her ...