Security Spotlight
- For Brenda Speer, superintendent of Bynum Independent School District, striking a balance between cutting expenses, but not eliminating important programs and services, lit up the light bulb over her head: Would it be possible to save the district more than $700 a month in postage expenses alone by implementing a tech-based parental notification system?More
School Security News & Issues
- A high-profile cast of government representatives and private companies made a joint announcement about how schools can continue operating in the event of student absences or school closures owing to flu season.More
- Lapwai School District #341 in Idaho has implemented Rapid Responder, a crisis management system from Prepared Response.More
- LanSchool Technologies is introducing new classroom management software free for K-20 institutions in North America. LanSchool Lite, which supports Mac OS X and Windows, is expected to be available this week.More
- Netop is developing classroom management software for Mac OS X and Windows that enables teachers to monitor classroom computer activities and prevent students from performing non-course-related tasks on their assigned computers.More
- The Polytechnic Institute of New York University has begun taking registration for its sixth annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) games. The program, which unfolds over the next couple of months, pits high school, college, and graduate students against each other in a series of cyber-security-related competitions. More
- OpenDNS is expanding beyond free DNS and security services for schools and launching premium services and support and additional new features targeted toward K-12 institutions.More
- Following a 20-school pilot program last spring, California's San Francisco Unified School District is rolling out a new parental notification system across 111 schools for the 2009-2010 school year.More
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