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Newslines–Video poker operator to supply school computers
A decision by Oconee County, S.C. schools to accept new computers from a video poker parlor owner has drawn criticism from some school trustees. On Dec. 14, the trustees voted…
Newslines–Alcohol web sites are luring children, report says
A report issued Dec. 16 by the Center for Media Education claims that web sites promoting alcoholic beverages too often contain cartoons and other elements that could appeal to children. …
Newslines–Former principal pleads guilty in child pornography case
A former school principal fired after child pornography was allegedly found in his office has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. Steven Robert Davidson, who was principal at Delran Intermediate…
Judge Dismisses Mother’s Claim That Libraries Must Filter Internet Content Accessed By Her Child
CyberTimes, January 14, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/cyber/articles/15library-day.html A California judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming that a public library should be prohibited from…
Newslines–Anti-Defamation League develops hate-speech filter
Fearing that children are particularly vulnerable targets for hatemongers, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) unveiled a new software program Nov. 11 designed to filter bigotry from home and school computers. …
Four “Kids-Only” Sites That Let Students Surf The Web Safely
Technology & Learning, November/December 1998, p. 10 An alternative to using filtering and blocking software to keep students from inappropriate material on the Web is…
Arkansas bill would require metal detectors in schools
If an Arkansas legislator has his way, every school in the state will have to install a metal detector. “I’m not saying this is the…
ISDN Lines Improve Reliability of School Video Security Systems And Reduce Overall Costs
The School Administrator, October 1998, p. 40 Alabama’s Hunstville City School District recently discovered that ISDN lines—usually used to connect schools to the Internet—were a…
Teen hackers plead guilty
Two California teenagers pleaded guilty on July 29 to charges that they hacked into several U.S. government computers earlier this year and installed sophisticated programs to intercept passwords on the…
Schools rush to high-tech security in wake of fatal shootings
No technology yet developed could have prevented the shooting catastrophes that rocked Edinboro, Pa., on April 24 and stunned Jonesboro, Ark., exactly one month earlier. But in the aftermath of…