Lightspeed Systems

APRIL 1, 2025

Safety software is limited to district-issued devices, networks, and school-managed accounts (like Google Workspace or Microsoft 365). If a student logs into their personal email or social media at home, were not seeing it. Student data privacy is a top priority.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Via The Wall Street Journal : “The federal government is pumping $245 million into the creation and expansion of public charter schools across the nation with hopes of helping students in low-income communities.” ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

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JANUARY 26, 2017

was named in an investigation by The Associated Press last year for sharing racially charged content on social media.” Via The Guardian : “ Trump bans agencies from ‘providing updates on social media or to reporters’ ” This ban has been targeted at scientists at the EPA and USDA in particular.

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JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. “ Microsoft Hopes to Revive Its Education Tablet Efforts With the New $399 Surface Go,” says Edsurge.

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DECEMBER 30, 2019

It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security. Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. Viral School Videos.

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JUNE 8, 2018

Microsoft has acquired GitHub. Here’s the NYT headline : “Microsoft Buys GitHub for $7.5 Via Education Week : “‘Impenetrable’ World of Student Data Brokers a Major Concern, Study Says.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Apple’s New Digital Student IDs Raise Questions About Security.”

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MAY 27, 2016

Testing, Testing… “ Common Core testing group wages aggressive campaign against critics on social media,” according to The Washington Post’s Valerie Strauss. ” Via The Kansas City Star : “ Rockhurst University is sued over data breach in phishing scam.”

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APRIL 27, 2018

For your “yes, Microsoft is still horrible files,” this from The Washington Post : “ E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. .” Education in the Courts. ” That’s Dallas Dance.

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