Jessie Shafer reports: A survey given to students in our region has some parent’s calling our newsroom, asking if the survey questions are a bit too personal. “I go to church or synagogue… Most days I’m alone at home for an hour or more… A doctor said that I’m overweight.” These are just a few…
Category: Youth & Schools
FL: Orange County Public Schools to monitor students on social media
From the it’s-for-the-kids dept.: Daniel Dahm reports: The Orange County school district is now monitoring students’ social media messages in an effort to curb cyberbullying, crime on campus and suicide. Orange County Public Schools announced Thursday that it has acquired software to monitor social media “to proactively prevent, intervene and (watch) situations that may impact…
UK: Fury after primary pupils are asked to complete radicalization-seeking surveys
Diane Taylor reports: Parents of children as young as nine have reacted angrily after schools in an east London borough asked pupils to complete surveys designed to provide clues to possible radicalisation. Waltham Forest council has been piloting the scheme in five primary schools with large Muslim intakes. The questionnaire, circulated among year 6 pupils,…
Letter: Will Oregon stand for student privacy or cave to the tech industry?
James P. Steyer, founder and CEO of Common Sense Media, writes: Schools are becoming more digital by the day, incorporating new software and online learning tools that are transforming our classrooms in exciting ways. Amid these technological changes and advances, Common Sense Media and others have worked to ensure a trusted online environment in our classrooms…