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These School Cops in Florida Ordered to Help ICE Arrest Immigrants, Records Show

Mark Keierleber

The Power of ‘Precovery’: Building Safer, More Resilient Schools

Marleen Wong

Ed Dept. Axes $1B Mental Health Program Designed to Thwart School Shootings

Mark Keierleber

Wisconsin District Sues Ed Tech Giant PowerSchool After Massive Data Breach

Mark Keierleber

To Make Ed Tech More Secure, Software Companies Need to Step Up

Shannon Pierson & Sarah Powazek

Kept in the Dark: Meet the Hired Guns Who Ensure School Cyberattacks Stay Hidden

Mark Keierleber

Trump Admin Guts School Safety Committee Created to Combat Mass Shootings

Mark Keierleber

7 School Security Storylines That Topped 2024 — and Will Evolve in 2025

Mark Keierleber

FTC: AI ‘Weapons Detection’ Co. Evolv Misled Schools About its Safety Abilities

Mark Keierleber

Providence Students’ Data Exposed in Cyberattack — District Denies Leak

Mark Keierleber

School Shooting Hit List Spreading on Social Media

The 74

Schools Police Chief Arredondo Presses to Drop Uvalde Charges

Pooja Salhotra

When Should Teachers Call the Police?

Jenna Peterson

School (in)Security Newsletter: Kamala’s Student Discipline Fail; School Ransomware Costs Surge to $3.75M

Mark Keierleber

New Report: School Cops Double Student Arrest Rates and Race, Gender Key Factors

Mark Keierleber

L.A. Schools Investigates Data Breach as FCC Approves $200M Cybersecurity Pilot

Mark Keierleber

Newark Public Schools to Install More Than 7,000 AI Cameras This Summer

Jessie Gómez

For Many Teachers, Gun Lockdowns and School Shooting Fears Are Now Inescapable

Mark Keierleber

Minnesota Dems Push to Repeal School Ban on Restraint That Killed George Floyd

Mark Keierleber

Florida Students Seize on ‘Parental Rights’ to Stop Educators From Hitting Kids

Mark Keierleber

A History of Holding Parents Responsible for Their Kids’ Crimes

Mark Keierleber

Leaked Active School Shooter Plans Revive Scrutiny of Ed Tech Privacy Pledge

Mark Keierleber

Federal Data Shows a Drop in Campus Cops — For Now

Mark Keierleber

Louisiana District Failed to Notify Thousands of Leaked Info After Cyberattack

Mark Keierleber, Stephen Marcantel & Ashley White

Why a New Brand of Cyberattack on Las Vegas Schools Should Worry Everyone

Mark Keierleber

Biden Order on AI Tackles Tech-Enabled Discrimination in Schools

Mark Keierleber

Feds Probe Marketing Push Behind AI ‘Weapons Detection’ Tool Used in Schools

Mark Keierleber

New Report: School Shootings Spawned ‘Digital Dystopia’ of Student Surveillance

Mark Keierleber

It’s Back to School for Cyber Gangs, Too

Mark Keierleber

New Data: School Shootings Surge to a Record High — Two Years in a Row

Mark Keierleber

White House Takes On Urgent K-12 Cybersecurity Threat at First-Ever Summit

Mark Keierleber

White House Rolls Out Cybersecurity Initiative as Schools Face Devastating Hacks

Mark Keierleber

Schools Are Now the Leading Target for Cyber Gangs as Ransom Payments Encourage Attacks

Mark Keierleber

New $200 Million FCC Proposal Could Help Schools Combat Cyber Attack Onslaught

Mark Keierleber

Parkland Officer’s Acquittal Raises Questions About School Cops’ Duty to Protect

Mark Keierleber

Where did $8M for Cameras in Special Ed Classrooms Go? Lawmakers Want Answers

Julie O’Donoghue

LISTEN — Class Disrupted S4 E15: How Hardening Schools Could Harm Students

Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner

Days After Missed Ransomware Deadline, Stolen MN Schools’ Files Appear Online

Mark Keierleber

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Mark Keierleber

L.A. Schools Admits Sensitive Student Records Leaked After 74 Investigation

The 74

The Latest School ‘Weapons Detection’ Tech Can Miss Serious Threats, Experts Say

Mark Keierleber

Inside 285 Cases Where Campus Cops Injured — Or Killed — Students at School

Mark Keierleber

Map: In Decade Since Sandy Hook, Nearly 500 Killed in Mass Shootings Across U.S. 

Mark Keierleber

They Lost Their Kids at Sandy Hook 10 Years Ago. Their Fight is For Life

Mark Keierleber

Watch: Homeland Security Chief Mayorkas Talks the Keys to Keeping Schools Safe

The 74

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Relationships, Not Tech, Central to Creating Safe Schools

Mark Keierleber

White House Cautions Schools Against ‘Continuous Surveillance’ of Students

Mark Keierleber

Trevor Project Severs Ties with Surveillance Company Accused of LGBTQ Youth Bias

Mark Keierleber

The School (in)Security Newsletter Spotlights Student Safety and Civil Rights

The 74

LA Schools and the Mystery of the Missing Ransom Note

Mark Keierleber

New Year, New Fear: Students Return to Schools with Beefed-Up Security Post-Uvalde

Mark Keierleber

With ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Laws & Abortion Bans, Student Surveillance Raises New Risks

Mark Keierleber

Poll: Most Parents Oppose Arming Teachers with Guns — But Support is Growing

Mark Keierleber

Release of Uvalde Shooting Video Sets off Fury, Including Fears of Future Violence

Mark Keierleber

Minneapolis Schools to Halt Controversial Student Surveillance Initiative

Mark Keierleber

Uvalde School Police Chief Placed on Leave

Mark Keierleber

Campus Cops Scrutinized After Tragic Missteps in Uvalde Shooting Response

Mark Keierleber

Philly Schools Are Screening Middle Schoolers for Weapons

Ayana Jones

Meet the Gatekeepers of Students’ Private Lives

Mark Keierleber

Senate Inquiry Warns About Harms of Digital School Surveillance Tools

Mark Keierleber

‘Bulletproof’ Film Explores the ‘Dark Absurdism’ of School Security

Mark Keierleber

ALICE Active-Shooter Drills Saved Dozens of Oxford HS Students, Exec Claims

Mark Keierleber

Oxford HS Shooting Suspect’s Parents Face Manslaughter Charges

Mark Keierleber

FBI Reaches ‘Unprecedented’ Settlement With Parkland Families

Mark Keierleber

School Safety Officer Charged with Murder Wasn’t a Cop. Does That Matter?

Mark Keierleber

Minneapolis Voters Reject Police Reform Measure

Mark Keierleber

Parkland Suspect to Plead Guilty, Will Face Jury on Death Penalty Decision

Mark Keierleber

Union Leaders Call for Reforms to Thwart Campus Violence Surge

Mark Keierleber

Dems Warn School Surveillance Tools Could Compound ‘Risk of Harm for Students’

Mark Keierleber

TikTok Trend has Students Stealing and Schools Reeling

Mark Keierleber

‘No way to win’: School Leaders Face Unsettling Year of Public Outrage

Linda Jacobson