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Artificial Intelligence Congress Wants to Protect Kids Using AI. Are Their Ideas the Right Ones?
Two bills in Congress aim to build guardrails for kids' use of artificial intelligence.
Alyson Klein, October 30, 2025
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5 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Are Chatbots Safe for Kids?
AI-powered chatbots are coming under more scrutiny for the potential harms they may cause. Here's what ĚÇĐĶŻÂţvlog need to know.
Arianna Prothero, September 17, 2025
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6 min read
Privacy & Security Video How to Respond to a Cyberattack
Here are practical tips for districts after they experience a hack.
Lauraine Langreo, Lauren Santucci & Jaclyn Borowski, September 4, 2025
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1 min read
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Artificial Intelligence Americans Grow More Skeptical of AI in K-12 Schools, Poll Finds
Support for some AI use in schools has declined, according to the latest PDK poll on American attitudes toward public education.
Arianna Prothero, August 22, 2025
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4 min read
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Privacy & Security Video How Schools Can Prevent a Cyberattack
When a cyberattack happens, schools can lose instructional time, as well as thousands of dollars responding to it.
Lauraine Langreo, Lauren Santucci & Jaclyn Borowski, August 14, 2025
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1 min read
The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education pictured on March 12, 2025, in Washington.
The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education pictured on March 12, 2025, in Washington. A federal appeals court has now cleared a White House efficiency unit to resume accessing the agency’s records as part of a disputed data-review effort.
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Law & Courts Federal Appeals Court Ruling Allows DOGE Access to Education Department Data
A federal appeals court ruled for the Trump administration in a case brought by the American Federation of Teachers and other plaintiffs.
Mark Walsh, August 12, 2025
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3 min read
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Privacy & Security AI Fuels Increase in Ransomware Attacks Against Schools
Experts recommend specific steps schools should take to prevent future attacks.
Lauraine Langreo, August 7, 2025
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3 min read
Wilmer Chavarria, superintendent of schools in Winooski Vermont, at home in Williston, VT. He was recently detained by ice after a trip to Nicaragua.
Wilmer Chavarria, the superintendent of schools in Winooski, Vt., at home in Williston, Vt., on July 30, 2025. He was recently detained for five hours by border agents after a trip to visit family in Nicaragua.
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School & District Management Q&A A Superintendent Was Held 5 Hours by Border Agents. What Was His Top Concern?
He was returning to the country after visiting family abroad, and refused to let agents access his district laptop and phone.
Caitlynn Peetz Stephens, July 30, 2025
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7 min read
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Privacy & Security Tech Glitch Could Have Exposed Thousands of School Districts' Confidential Files
The incident shows the challenges school districts and education companies face in protecting sensitive data.
Lauraine Langreo, June 18, 2025
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3 min read
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Privacy & Security Schools Face an Uphill Battle in Protecting Student Data in the Age of AI
A report from the Consortium for School Networking examines the state of districts' student data privacy practices.
Lauraine Langreo, March 25, 2025
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3 min read
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Privacy & Security Is DOGE Putting Student and Educator Data at Risk?
How Trump's efforts to slash the federal government could affect teachers’ and students’ data.
Arianna Prothero & Lauraine Langreo, March 7, 2025
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6 min read
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.
President Donald Trump listens as Elon Musk speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington. Musk's Department of Government Efficiency is reviewing federal agencies’ data systems, which includes personal information.
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Federal Teachers’ Union Sues Over Sensitive Data Accessed by Elon Musk's DOGE
The American Federation of Teachers and others allege that three federal agencies improperly disclosed sensitive information.
Lauraine Langreo, February 12, 2025
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4 min read
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Privacy & Security What a Recent Trump Comment Might Mean for Students' Data Privacy
President Donald Trump's comments while signing an executive order raise questions about his support for kids' data privacy.
Arianna Prothero, January 28, 2025
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6 min read
Students arrive for school Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston.
Students arrive for school Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday said it had revoked a policy that kept immigration agents from making arrests and conducting enforcement raids at schools and other places considered sensitive locations.
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Federal Trump Admin. Lifts Ban on Immigration Arrests at Schools
A new change ends a policy that mostly prohibited agents from making immigration arrests at schools and other spots where children gather.
Brooke Schultz & Ileana Najarro, January 22, 2025
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6 min read
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