Jason Kelley writes: Over the past year, the use of online proctoring apps has skyrocketed. But while companies have seen upwards of a 500% increase in their usage, legitimate concerns about their invasiveness, potential bias, and efficacy are also on the rise. These concerns even led to a U.S. Senate inquiry letter requesting detailed information from three of the top proctoring companies—Proctorio, ProctorU,…
Category: Youth & Schools
French CNIL Publishes Recommendations for Protecting Minors Online
Dan Cooper, Anna Oberschelp de Meneses, and Nicholas Shepherd of Covington & Burling write: On June 9, 2021, the French Supervisory Authority (“CNIL”) published recommendations to help strengthen the protection of minors online (see here, in French). These recommendations are the result of a survey and public consultation conducted by the CNIL in 2020, which focused…
Can Schools Police What Students Say on Social Media?
Colin Lecher says the answer may depend on a case before the Supreme Court. Brandi Levy was a Pennsylvania high school student when she sent a fateful, expletive-filled Snapchat in 2017. Levy had made her school’s junior varsity cheerleading team freshman year, with hopes to make the full varsity team as a sophomore. But after…
Massachusetts School Committee Allows Real-Time Crime Center To Monitor Students Live
Joe Cadillic writes: How does a school committee respond to a year of remote student learning? How will the Springfield, MA School Committee respond to post-COVID schooling? Now that public schools are reopening (just in time for summer vacation) what are officials worried about? Is it face-to-face learning? Is it in-person interactions with students? Nope,…