Safety & Security

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  • Video shows teens beating Chicago student to death
    Tue, Sep 29, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Health & Safety
    Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year. Key words: school violence, student death, video beating, education technology [ Read More ]

  • School drinking water contains toxins
    Fri, Sep 25, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security
    Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins. Key words: school safety, school security, educational technology [ Read More ]

  • Study: 600K campus records hacked this year
    Mon, Sep 21, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security , Computer security
    Computer hackers have stolen identifying information and credit card numbers from more than half a million college students, faculty, and alumni this year -- prompting some campus IT officials to call for a "total overhaul" of computer security protocol. Key words: computer network security, security firewall, education technology, identity theft fraud [ Read More ]

  • Companies help schools survive swine flu
    Wed, Sep 16, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Health & Safety , Microsoft Corp.
    Answering a call from federal officials, Microsoft Corp. and other education technology providers are making resources available to help keep instruction going should swine flu force schools to cancel their face-to-face classes. Key words: Pearson Education, Microsoft Corp., education technology, H1N1 virus [ Read More ]

  • Swine flu hits Washington State Univ.
    Tue, Sep 08, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security
    Washington State University is in the midst of a swine flu outbreak since classes started last month, with 2,500 people contacting student health to report flu-like symptoms and officials handing out flu kits around campus. Key words: swine flu and schools, H1N1, flu virus, swine flu preparedness, college and swine flu, educational technology [ Read More ]

  • Swine flu hits Washington State Univ.
    Tue, Sep 08, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security
    Washington State University is in the midst of a swine flu outbreak since classes started last month, with 2,500 people contacting student health to report flu-like symptoms and officials handing out flu kits around campus. Key words: swine flu and schools, H1N1, flu virus, swine flu preparedness, college and swine flu, educational technology [ Read More ]

  • Software lets marketers eavesdrop on kids
    Tue, Sep 08, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Computer security
    Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids' online activities might be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children's chat messages -- and sell the marketing data thus gathered, reports the Associated Press (AP). Key words: chat message, parental-control software, marketing data, educational technology [ Read More ]

  • Judge: District's visitor ID system is OK
    Wed, Aug 26, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Litigation , Safety & security
    A federal judge ruled Aug. 18 that a computerized background-check system made by Raptor Technologies does not violate the constitutional rights of parents and other school visitors who undergo the checks. Key words: Raptor Technologies, LTISD, sex offender database, constitutional rights [ Read More ]

  • Feds issue more guidance on swine flu
    Tue, Aug 25, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security
    Schools and colleges should be ready with hard-copy packets and online lessons to keep learning going even if swine flu sickens large numbers of students this year, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said Aug. 24. Key words: swine flu and schools, H1N1, flu virus, swine flu preparedness, college and swine flu, K-12 and swine flu, educational technology [ Read More ]

  • Schools gear up for swine flu shots
    Fri, Aug 21, 2009    Primary Topic Channel:  Safety & security
    Hundreds of schools are heeding the government's call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio. Key words: swine flu school, flu virus, swine flu students, swine flu school closings, education technology [ Read More ]

 

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