Chrissy Clark reports: Parents with children enrolled in the Scottsdale Unified School District were appalled when they uncovered that one of the district’s school board members had editing access to a Google Drive that included personal pictures and information on a slew of outspoken parents, including their social security numbers, a divorce proceeding, and financial…
Category: Youth & Schools
America’s Largest Teachers’ Unions Push Vaccine Mandates That Will Usher in Technocratic Digital ID
This one could be filed in the “Be Careful What You Wish For” files. John Klyczek reports: Back in February 2021, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA) lobbied the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to extend COVID restrictions that perpetuate public education’s reliance on privatization, specifically from Big Tech…
CPS teachers ‘blindsided’ after access to popular classroom software yanked due to new student privacy law
Sneha Dey reports: Online privacy advocates in recent years pushed Illinois lawmakers to force school districts to protect student data — but some Chicago Public Schools teachers say they were “blindsided” by the district’s enforcement of the law that’s led them to lose access to key programs used to teach thousands of students. […] Among…
UK Schools Normalizing Biometric Collection By Using Facial Recognition For Meal Payments
Tim Cushing writes: Subjecting students to surveillance tech is nothing new. Most schools have had cameras installed for years. Moving students from desks to laptops allows schools to monitor internet use, even when students aren’t on campus. Bringing police officers into schools to participate in disciplinary problems allows law enforcement agencies to utilize the same tech and analytics they deploy…