CIPA requires schools that receive federal E-rate funding filter their networks. But what happens when schools provide students with computers for one-to-one programs? Should that same filtering extend to students' Internet access at home?
Different schools have different policies about this, so I asked the FCC for clarification on this. Read my story over on MindShift for the agency's response. Should Schools Filter the Web on Laptops that Students Take Home?
CIPA requires schools that receive federal E-rate funding filter their networks. But what happens when schools provide students with computers for one-to-one programs? Should that same filtering extend to students' Internet access at home?
Different schools have different policies about this, so I asked the FCC for clarification on this. Read my story over on MindShift for the agency's response. Author
Audrey Watters is a technology journalist, freelance writer, ed-tech advocate, recovering academic, rabble-rouser, and single mom.
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