Ella Nilsen reports: Undocumented kids in custody at the border think they’re getting help when they talk with a social worker or clinical psychologist, but what they say is often used to keep them in detention longer or even deport them, lawyers who work with these children say. “They’ll encourage the kids to open up…
Category: Youth & Schools
University police “heroes” use drones to spy on concertgoers
Joe Cadillic has compiled some interesting – and disturbing – statistics: Bard College’s Center for the Study of the Drones released a report about law enforcement acquiring drones and what they found is troubling. The report claims that at least 910 public safety agencies across the country are using drones. “In this update to the Center for…
NY: Lockport Schools $2.7 Million Spy Camera Boondoggle
Jim Schultz reports that Lockport School District got snookered into wasting millions of dollars on surveillance instead of education: Even though Lockport is a very small school district (just 4,600 students overall), next fall when our students return to class they will be greeted with something no other schools in the nation have, a $2.7…
Trump’s Education Department steps up to defend student privacy
Jane Robbins writes: Many parents have been disappointed by the lack of meaningful corrective action by the U.S. Department of Education (USED), at least in pre-K-12 education, under Betsy DeVos’s leadership. But give credit where due. USED deserves kudos for a guidance document issued recently by the department’s Privacy Technical Assistance Center (PTAC). Someone there…