Jeffrey S. Solochek and Kathleen McGrory report: A national philanthropic organization has stopped funding the Pasco school district, citing concerns over the practice of sharing sensitive student data with police first reported by the Tampa Bay Times. The school district already had received $1.8 million for teacher training and instructional materials from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman…
Category: Youth & Schools
NJ: How Montclair schools are starting to monitor students online with GoGuardian
Louis C. Hochman reports: Montclair public schools are piloting a tool that would let teachers monitor students’ online activities, message students and even close students’ browser tabs when logged into their district accounts. The initiative is prompted by staff recommendations, and a need to keep students safe online, schools Superintendent Dr. Jonathan Ponds told Montclair…
Hidden Canvas analytics violate student privacy, shift power to professors
Will Romano reports: On a campus where the majority of classes are held online, Canvas and its embedded video-sharing platforms Zoom and BBCollaborate Ultra have become the primary form of communication between students and professors. While these platforms are the leading way to create an online learning community, they share with professors data that violates student…
Entire California School Board Resigns After Chewing Out Parents on Accidental Zoom Broadcast
Alyse Stanley reports: It’s hard to believe that almost a year into the pandemic pushing everything virtual, there are people still struggling to get the hang of Zoom. And yet here we are. All members of a northern California school board have resigned after being caught deriding parents in a profanity-laden Zoom meeting they didn’t realize was being…