Online Safety
Classroom Technology
New Campaign to Pressure Silicon Valley on 'Tech Addiction' and Kids
Children's advocates and tech-industry insiders are teaming up to press for more "humane" design and business practices.
Classroom Technology
Student Retweets Snoop Dogg, Then Sues School District for 'Retaliation'
A California district is under fire for allegedly punishing a student who retweeted and liked "inappropriate" content on her personal social-media account.
Privacy & Security
When Should Cybersecurity Education Start? Some Say Elementary School
Introducing students to the importance of cybersecurity earlier during their K-12 careers was one of the strategies discussed at a conference on online school security being held this week.
Ed-Tech Policy
K-12 Digital Citizenship Initiative Targets States
A coalition of groups focused on children & media has launched a campaign to encourage lawmakers to promote digital citizenship in schools.
Classroom Technology
'Scary Clowns' Hysteria, Fueled by Social Media, Force Schools to Adjust
Rumor about 'scary clowns' seeking to harm children have swirled online and led some schools to lock down their facilities.
Privacy & Security
Cyberbullying More Common with Teens' Current or Former Friends, Study Says
Students are more likely to be cyberbullied by people they know than strangers, new research shows.
Personalized Learning
Florida Virtual Schools and Knewton to Collaborate Using Analytics
One of the country's best-known providers of online education hopes that advanced data analytics will raise the quality of its offerings.
Classroom Technology
Complaint Accuses Google of Breaking Student-Privacy Pledge
A prominent nonprofit that supports digital privacy filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that the tech giant has strayed from a pledge to protect student privacy.
Classroom Technology
FBI Online Game Combating Youth Extremism Draws Ire of Muslim Groups
The bureau's online game, titled "Don't Be a Puppet," is intended to counter recruitment of youths to radical extremist groups via the Internet.
Curriculum
New Guidance on 'Screen Time' Coming From Pediatrics' Group
The American Academy of Pediatrics to date has recommended that young children watch no more than a couple hours of television per day.
Privacy & Security
Wyoming to Consider Privacy Protections for Students' Social Media Accounts
A bill that would protect K-12 students from sharing their social media accounts with school officials made it through a special task force in Wyoming's legislature.
Privacy & Security
Fla. Closes Probe Into Attacks on State Testing Without Suspects, or Leads
Florida law enforcement officials end their investigation into cyberattacks that disrupted statewide testing earlier this year.
Curriculum
Social Media Not a Priority for Classroom Teachers, Survey Finds
Just 13 percent of K-12 teachers today have integrated social media into classroom instruction, finds a poll from the University of Phoenix.
Curriculum
Amplify's MOOC Gets a New Owner, and a New Name: Edhesive
Amplify's massive, open, online AP computer science course, which is used by individual students and entire schools, will be rebranded as Edhesive.
