The Wake County school system is expanding the use of digital surveillance software to spy on students’ computers for signs of suicide, self-harm, threats of violence and other dangerous behavior. By ...

There are more eyes on students today than just a teacher’s watchful gaze. Thousands of school districts use monitoring software that can track students’ online searches, scan their emails, and in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A student works on a computer at a K-12 school in Provo, Utah. School districts across the country have adopted computer ...

When tens of millions of students suddenly had to learn remotely, schools lent laptops and tablets to those without them. But those devices typically came with monitoring software, marketed as a way ...

With schooling venturing into a more digital space over the past couple of years, there has been a boost in calls for safety monitoring of K-12 students. But monitoring students in and out of school ...

The Lawrence school district offices building, located at 110 McDonald Dr., is pictured in May 2025. The Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle software on its devices, and attorneys for ...

A new report from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) found that computer technology — like artificial intelligence (AI), content filtering, and student activity monitoring — poses risks to ...

Districts increasingly rely on monitoring software to keep students safe and on-task when they use school-issued digital devices, but the practice may do more harm than good, according to a report out ...

Schools often use AI to detect students at risk of self-harm, violence against others, and bullying. Some worry these programs violate students' privacy and freedom to use the internet, WSJ reports.

Although the Lawrence school district has stopped using Gaggle, it is now using a different student monitoring software — and its use was not voted on by board members or mentioned in court documents ...

Tennessee 13-year-old arrested after AI flagged online joke School surveillance tools like Gaggle and Lightspeed under scrutiny Critics warn tech can criminalize students for careless words Lawsuits ...