Public schools have loaned out laptops with software that monitors students, which has sparked controversy over privacy and equity.
Nine students in Baltimore public schools have been referred for medical help since March after surveillance software installed on laptops handed out by the city’s school system flagged them as considering suicide, theTuesday, amid
controversy nationwide involving tracking of students’ activity on school-provided computers has raised concerns about privacy and equity.Laptops loaned out to students for online classes when the pandemic hit come with software made by
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