Online Safety
School Climate & Safety
Meet the Students Who Might Hack Your Schools
New research suggests that many young hackers tend to have the same qualities as other students who engage in more traditional troubled behavior.
States
Texas Law Requires Districts to Plan for Cyberattacks. Will Other States Follow?
The law is one of the few state state-level policies taking responsibility for the growing online threat.
Classroom Technology
Districts Often Out of Touch with Teachers' Biggest Tech Needs, Survey Finds
A recent report from Common Sense Media reveals that teachers don't feel they have the right tech for their classrooms.
States
Staff Email Addresses Removed From District Websites to Improve Cybersecurity
Some district technology leaders say having staff email addresses publicly available opens the door for phishing scams and potential hacks.
Privacy & Security
Majority of District Leaders Concerned About Cyber Threats, Project Tomorrow Report Finds
According to a new Project Tomorrow/iboss report, 71 percent of district administrators are concerned about the security of their networks.
Privacy & Security
Instagram and Teens: What Do You Need to Know?
Instagram released a new guide for parents, but outside experts had different messages on what to know about privacy, identity, and healthy use of the platform.
Equity & Diversity
Cyberattacks During FCC's 'Net Neutrality' Fight? Didn't Happen, Agency Now Says
During its contentious debate over net neutrality, the FCC said its public comment system was slowed by cyberattacks. Now the agency says those claims were unfounded.
Curriculum
Common Sense Media Overhauls Popular Digital Citizenship Curriculum
From fake news to digital self-harm, a host of new online challenges has prompted the nonprofit group to update its widely used K-12 digital citizenship resources.
Classroom Technology
Principals on Student Screen Time: 7 Takeaways From Education Week's Exclusive Survey
School leaders are overwhelmingly worried about student screen time at home, but have nuanced views about screen time in school, according to an exclusive Education Week survey.
Privacy & Security
Amid Privacy Changes, Facebook Will Still Treat U.S. Teens as Adults
Facebook has announced a flurry of privacy-related changes. But teens, like adults, still can't say "I don't want you to get my data in the first place," experts said.
Classroom Technology
Q&A
Teens Worry About Online Privacy: Q&A With Researcher Claire Fontaine
"It's like getting a tattoo every time you go on the internet," said one young woman in a new study of teen views on digital privacy. What can schools do?
Curriculum
Thousands of Android Mobile Apps Improperly Track Children, Study Says
More than half of 5,855 Android apps in the 'Designed for Families' section of the Google Play store potentially violated COPPA, a team of computer-science researchers found.
Privacy & Security
Zuckerberg Promises Changes at Facebook, But Impact on K-12 Unclear
Ed-tech apps could be part of a sweeping Facebook investigation, and the company's CEO defended its products for children while downplaying concerns about "tech addiction" during U.S. Senate testimony.
Privacy & Security
K-12 Media Literacy No Panacea for Fake News, Report Argues
With disinformation rampant on social media platforms, media literacy efforts need to focus on structural forces, not just students' personal responsibility for vetting information, Data & Society researchers contend.
