Students at three schools in the district will soon have all their emails and Google Drive contents reviewed by Gaggle for dangerous content.
San Antonio Independent School District trustees approved the trial use of a new artificial intelligence-based surveillance tool that will monitor the online activity of students. Three schools in the district, including CAST Tech High School, will take part in the 90-day trial.
The move comes amid growing concern about school violence, including shootings and mental health risks. Some school leaders say the tool is necessary for student safety. Patterson told the San Antonio Report that the tool is meant as a safety measure, not a punitive one. Critics however, argue that Gaggle’s monitoring goes too far and could lead to unfair discipline. Some are concerned that the tool will have a chilling effect on student free speech and expression, as students may be hesitant to share their thoughts and feelings online knowing they are being monitored.
According to the results, 70% of teachers whose schools use this technology say that they use it to determine if a student has violated disciplinary policy, while only 47% of teachers said it is used in the event of a mental health crisis. Teachers were able to selected multiple options for the question.
The discipline resulting from the surveillance also falls along racial lines, according to Laird, who found that Black and Hispanic students are more likely to be disciplined because of the technology than their white peers.
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