A monitoring company that thousands of schools used during remote and hybrid learning to ensure students were on task may have inadvertently exposed millions of kids to hackers online, according to a ...

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 ...

A student works on a computer at a K-12 school in Provo, Utah. School districts across the country have adopted computer monitoring platforms that analyze what students are doing on school-issued ...

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 ...

This is what high school teachers see when they open GoGuardian, a popular software application used to monitor student activity: The interface is familiar, like the gallery view of a large Zoom call.

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 ...

A new report from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) found that computer technology — like artificial intelligence (AI), content filtering, and student activity monitoring — poses risks to ...

When tens of millions of students suddenly had to learn remotely, schools lent laptops and tablets to those without them. But those devices typically came with monitoring software, marketed as a way ...

This story originally published online at The 9th Street Journal. Gaggle, a school surveillance and safety management software that has generated criticism since being introduced in Durham schools, ...

The Lawrence school district offices building, located at 110 McDonald Dr., is pictured in May 2025. The Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle software on its devices, and attorneys for ...