Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a reality that comes with their school districts’...
Usually parents have to sign a technology contract before a device is issued. As a teacher I also have to sign one before I’m issued a school device. I hate using a Chromebook but in my situation I am prohibited from bringing my own device other than a cell phone and I travel from room to room and it’s the only reliable way I can update grades and assign things on Google Classroom.
I don’t have anything personal on it (including my password manager add on) and since the contract prohibits me from installing or using any unapproved software on the device I’m stuck with Chrome and incognito mode blocked.
In a previous district, the admin had GoGuardian installed for us to use with the students. What they didn’t tell us was they installed it on all teacher laptops and desktops so they could make sure we were not doing anything unapproved during work hours.
Schools are a privacy nightmare for both students and staff.