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Parents are suing a school in Massachusetts after a student was punished for using AI in a class project. The student admitted using AI for a social studies project, but claimed it was only for research. They were marked down and given a detention. The parents claim this will negatively impact their

A Colorado moratorium on facial recognition cameras in schools is set to end after two years. State legislators had voted to investigate how biometric systems are used, but its expiration in July 2025 could trigger a surge in facial recognition and AI surveillance that could enter the education

Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are at risk of being left behind while AI advances, according to a study from the Special Olympics Global Center for Inclusion in Education. New tools could be used to simplify education, making learning more inclusive to those with

The UK has begun trialing 'teacherless' GCSE classes, using artificial intelligence instead of human teachers. David Game College, a £27,000 per year private school, will have 20 students using AI and virtual reality headsets. The platform will learn what the student performs well at and schedule

Two state secondary schools in England are equipping teachers with body cameras that will monitor students' behaviour. The trial technology is being promoted by Reveal, a company that supplies body cameras to police forces and hospitals. One school in Hampshire, Reveal claimed, said that the

Children's experience of technology could be at risk of significant change due to their interaction with chatbots, UNICEF has said, due to their global availability, persuasive power, and greater sycophancy compared to humans. While AI chatbots could be used for learning or as entertainment, they

Udemy has begun using instructor-created courses to train its generative AI, automatically enrolling teachers following a brief opt-out period. That window has now closed, leaving many unable to withdraw consent, sparking anger over Udemy's processes. Some instructors, including long-time

Popular educational apps have access to reams of private data that could result in privacy and security violations, a new study has found. 25 apps were tested, with many found to request access to the users’ camera, calendar, location, contacts, and the ability to record audio, among other

Public documents show that US school districts have for years been buying phone cracking tools from companies like Cellebrite and Oxygen Forensics. The equipment enables school district employees to search students’ personal devices. In one example, the Los Angeles Unified School District says its

The Delhi government is expected to introduce facial recognition in schools in order to improve attendance, which is hovering at 65-70%. The government also proposes to provide parents with monthly attendance reports and introduce monthly and weekly tests in order to keep students engaged. Educators

With the use of ChatGPT already well established among students technology companies are coaching teachers on using AI tools to save substantial time on tasks such as grading, providing student feedback, and planning lessons, which reports say take up to 50 hours a week. Teachers are uncertain

A new report finds that monitoring software is in wide use in US K-12 schools, and that teachers, parents, and students generally believe the benefits outweigh the risks while still expressing some privacy and equity concerns. The authors recommend transparency, data minimisation, and mitigation of

An investigation finds that using search tools provided by the College Board, the organisation that administers SATs and Advanced Placement exams for university-bound students, prompts it to send details of SAT scores, grade point averages, and other data to Facebook, TikTik, and other companies via

A student in Minneapolis was outed when their parents were contacted by school administrators when surveillance software found LGBTQ keywords in their writing on a school-supplied laptop. The risk of many more such cases is increasing as the use of edtech spread, fuelled by the pandemic, and

An administrative court in Montreil, France issued a preliminary ruling ordering the Paris-based Distance Learning Institute to suspend its use of the e-proctoring platform TestWe, which uses facial recognition and algorithmic analysis to monitor students.Video and sound analysis track students' eye

An app used by more than 100 Bristol schools has raised concern among criminal justice and anti-racism campaigners that the easy access it gives safeguarding leads to pupils' and their families' contacts with police, child protection, and welfare services risks increasing discrimination against