In today's educational landscape, district administrators are pivotal in collaborating with providers to drive innovation, streamline district-wide efficiencies and support student learning.
It's been great for outreach and culture-building, but educators will simply turn elsewhere, says one former principal whose viral TikToks kept students engaged and in-the-know.
Data suggests that we've already surpassed last year's record-high 305 incidents of a shooting occurring on school grounds. This expert says school leaders "have an obligation" to prepare for and prevent these inevitable situations. "We're not going to solve a problem with a technology or hardware product," he says. "Any security technology and target hardening will only be as good as the weakest human links behind them."
In the wake of high-profile ransomware attacks against some of the largest school districts in the country, administrators are uncovering student and staff data on the dark web months later regardless of whether ransom was paid or not.
Some of the most popular apps and platforms, including Meta, the parent company of Facebook, don't sell personal student data such as a child's name. Instead, they turn a profit by releasing other user data, including what a student clicks on and for how long.
Once students' personal data is found on the dark web, there is virtually nothing families can do, according to one cybersecurity expert. Here are eight recommendations district leaders should give to families following an incident like this.
Nearly all the edtech apps students most often use at school "are making extensive use of tracking technologies," though what type of data is at risk is not entirely clear, according to a new analysis.
This week best-selling author James Patterson was pulled into the fray when Martin County, Florida school district officials removed his young adult series "Maximum Ride" from its elementary school library but kept it accessible for older students.
