Chicago teachers could look inside students’ homes — without their knowledge — before fix

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    CPS teachers could look inside students’ homes — without their knowledge — before fix

    Remote learning has brought school home for thousands of Chicago students during the pandemic, turning a living room or bedroom into a makeshift classroom. But many families worry that means giving up home privacy for their children’s access to lessons through technology. As it turns out, that trade-off might in fact have been happening for the first few weeks of the school year. An e-learning tool used by Chicago Public Schools essentially gave teachers access to tens of thousands of students’ computer cameras and microphones — allowing them to look into their homes without their permission or knowledge — before ...


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