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Students Complain About Being Shut Out of the Internet

Project Tomorrow has just released the results of its Speak Up 2010 survey that asked over 300,000 students (and 43,000 parents, 35,000 teachers, and 3,500 administrators) about their thoughts on...

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Eight Surprising Websites That Schools Can’t Access

We know most schools block YouTube, Facebok, and social networking sites because of child protection laws. And we know students are unhappy about this. But we wondered what other sites that can...

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Straight from the DOE: Dispelling Myths About Blocked Sites

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been hearing from frustrated teachers about surprising websites their schools block — everything from National Geographic to Skype. One even wrote in to say that...

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When School Web Filtering Comes Home

Getty Schools that receive discounts for Internet access through the federal E-rate funding are required to implement a number of measures, like creating an Internet safety policy and filtering and...

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What To Do If Your School Bans Useful Websites

Today is Banned Website Awareness Day, and all across the country, educators are doing their part to raise awareness of how overly restrictive blocking of educational websites affects student...

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What’s the Impact of Overzealous Internet Filtering in Schools?

By Kathy Baron Not too long ago, a proposal to give some Nebraska students access to a digital library of books and magazines through the school district’s website was thwarted by a district official...

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Are School Internet Filters the Forgotten Equity Battleground?

Despite the increasing emphasis on technology as a learning tool in the classroom, many school districts still aggressively filter the Internet that teachers and students can access. While the federal...

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