"The digital revolution holds immeasurable potential, but, just as warnings have been voiced for how it should be regulated in society, similar attention must be paid to the way it is used in education," UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said in a statement.

The former student, identified only as R.F., received detention twice for using the girls' restroom, according to the lawsuit against Platte County R-3 School District.

“We’re still trying to hire teachers, classroom teachers,” said Juan Cruz, superintendent for the Franklin McKinley School District in San Jose. “There’s just not enough candidates out there so we’ve had to close some classes, combine some classes to fill some of the vacancies that we currently have."