Kathryn Blaze Carlson reports: Testimony from Indian Residential School victims should be destroyed after 15 years unless individuals permit their accounts to be archived, an Ontario court has ruled, raising questions about the extent to which detailed records of one of Canada’s darkest chapters will be preserved for generations to come. […] The future of…
Category: Youth & Schools
Maryland school district to start monitoring students’ social media posts with new software
Diane Cho reports: Washington County public school officials announced that, with the start of the new school year in just two weeks, they will be using new software to monitor students’ social media posts. The county will be one of only four school districts in the nation to enlist a new software program called Social…
Miami-Dade County school board moves to block student ID theft
Christina Veiga reports: With identity theft on the rise, the Miami-Dade School Board on Wednesday moved to strengthen its protection of students’ personal information. Board members unanimously agreed to direct the school district’s police and technology departments to craft ways to safeguard Social Security numbers and other sensitive student records. The proposal came from board…
NZ: School plans microchip bracelets
Abbie Napier reports: A North Canterbury school’s plan to fit students with microchip bracelets to track their behaviour has prompted concern among parents. Swannanoa School wants to use silicon bracelets as part of a scheme to reward good behaviour, minutes from a Parent Teacher Association meeting show. Teachers would use portable scanners to add points…