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...
View ArticleEight 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...
View ArticleStraight 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...
View ArticleWhen 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleWhat’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...
View ArticleAre 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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