School surveillance of students via laptops may do more harm than good
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Ever since the start of the pandemic, more and more public school students are using laptops, tablets or similar devices…
Teacher no longer at Anacapa Middle School after recorded diatribe makes national news
Anacapa Middle School in Ventura An Anacapa Middle School history teacher is no longer working at the Ventura campus after an investigation sparked by a video of in-class comments that have made international news. On Friday, Ventura Unified School…
Enrollment skid may force some Mesa school campus closures | News
It was good news/bad news at the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board meeting this week. The worst of the news: With enrollment numbers at MPS continuing to fall, schools may have to be closed. The board also approved an increase for computer hardware and…
Some, not all searches by teens accused of plotting Harns Marsh shooting blocked by school computers
LEHIGH ACRES We’re learning more about what two teens searched on their school laptops before they were arrested for a shooting plot. Pages of evidence show 13-year-old Connor Pruett and 14-year-old Phillip Byrd studied and searched Columbine…
Loudoun docs show sheriff’s frustration with school board, treatment of residents
FIRST ON FOX: New documents obtained by Fox News shed light on apparent conflict and frustration Loudoun law enforcement had with the school board – including a complaint that the board should have let residents speak at an explosive meeting on June 22.…
Boardman school teaches parents to protect children from online predators
The counselors say parents should tell kids it’s not appropriate to share information about where your live, what school they attend. And not to post or share pictures of yourself wearing the name of your school since that can tell predators what…
How Kids Are Using iPhones to ‘Cheat’ at School (and How to Do It Smarter)
Photo: Khamosh Pathak This video from TikTok has recently gone viral. In it, a student in a lecture hall uses Apple’s new Live Text feature to photograph another student’s laptop screen, then converts the picture into text, saves it, and thus “steals”…
Federal and state politicians from New York called for federal funding for electric school buses
U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins and New York State Senator Tim Kennedy called for electric school buses funding in two federal packages. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Two federal and state politicians representing Western New York are calling for federal funding for electric…
Kids are using new iPhone feature to CHEAT at school, viral TikTok demonstrates
USERS of Apple’s new Live Text feature have been demonstrating how worryingly easy it is to use for cheating in class. A viral video in what appears to be a lecture hall shows how you can easily take a photo of someone’s laptop screen and…
School No. 8 gets 50 laptops from Rochester Rotary Members
Alchowiak presented students and their families with 50 dell laptops and Microsoft software. “I know how hard these students work and how that they are excelling in their academics and so this was a great fit in finding homes for these laptops,”…