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2025 State of Student Safety Report
Our latest report uncovers alarming trends from millions of incidents across K-12 schools—revealing where risks are rising, when students are most vulnerable, and what districts must prepare for next.
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Lightspeed + StopIt = Safer Schools
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Now Available: Lightspeed Signal
Lightspeed Signal is now officially available for K-12 districts, offering a comprehensive platform to streamline IT management!
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We're here to help solve your top challenges
Create exceptional learning environments where students are safe and engaged; technology is compliant and easily managed; and resources are secure and optimized.
Comply with the latest regulatory requirements with ease
50 hours per month of school administrator time are spent on compliance. Lightspeed helps you meet federal, state, and local regulations for safety, data privacy, security, AI, accessibility, and more.
- Visibility into compliance risks
- Controls to meet requirements
- Reports for accountability
Ensure the safety & wellbeing of your students and staff
Mental health is in decline, suicide is the second-leading cause of death for young people, and school violence is increasing. Lightspeed helps you proactively identify students in crisis so you can intervene sooner.
- Visibility into students at risk
- Control over student access to risky content or apps
- 24/7/365 human review support
Education is the most targeted industry for ransomware attacks
Lightspeed protects your school network from two leading security vulnerabilities: new web sites and risky apps.
- Visibility into security risks
- Ability to block risky sites and apps
- A vendor who has security top-of-mind
Keep your education technology running & connected
There’s 99% higher usage of technology in schools today than 2020–and you have to manage it all. Lightspeed makes it easy for you to keep all your technology managed, even with small teams and tight budgets.
- Visibility into devices, apps, connectivity
- Centralized control over your IT stack
- Proactive reporting to minimize downtime & tickets
Remove distractions to keep students focused
Two-thirds of students report being distracted by digital noise. Lightspeed helps you create focus during digital learning, and provide guardrails for appropriate use of technology.
- Visibility into student activity and distractions
- Controls to focus students on learning
- Delegated controls to empower district leaders
Make sure your education technology investments deliver results
There are 2,050 apps in use in the average school–and they don’t all meet standards or deliver results. Lightspeed empowers you to reconcile your edtech spend, focusing limited budgets on the right tools.
- Visibility into app usage
- Simplified app requests and approvals
- Guide professional development
“We needed insight into where all these Chromebooks are going, what apps students are using, how long they are on them … All these things have become really important for us to analyze and make good decisions to ensure we are getting a return on investment for the software.”
Jim Farmer
Chief Technology Officer, Fayette County Public Schools
“I use Lightspeed Filter and Digital Insight in tandem as one of our technical control tools as part of our larger district cybersecurity and compliance strategy. This solution gives me a full picture of device activity and visibility into applications, services, and websites being used so I can act when necessary to block malicious sites.”
Anthony Padrnos
Director of Technology, Osseo Public Schools
“Lightspeed’s solutions give me the data and reporting I need in order to show administrators the difference the right edtech can make.”
Ethan Dancy
Technology Support Leader, Iredell Stateville Schools
“Lightspeed reduced our IT administration load. Once the platform is set up and working, deployment and use is 99.9% automatic. Sure, there are things that you have to tweak every now and again, but for the most part, it’s a hands-off platform.”
Zachary Zimmer
Systems Administrator, Warsaw R-IX School District
Optimize your learning environments to drive exceptional outcomes
Lightspeed delivers solutions that save time, empowering districts to focus on students and learning
Meet the Lightspeed suite of solutions
Lightspeed Filter™
Lightspeed Filter provides visibility and control of every digital interaction on and off the network, protecting students from cyber risks and distractions, while ensuring access and compliance.
- Filter every device, everywhere with a single solution
- Get the most in-depth controls and policies
- Take control of YouTube and social media
- See the most comprehensive reporting
Lightspeed Insight™
Lightspeed Insight helps you take back control of edtech decision-making with analytics and workflows that provide complete visibility drive compliance, maximize ROI, and deliver educational impact.
- See comprehensive analytics on apps and users
- Ensure every app in use meets your compliance standards
- Measure licenses, usage, and costs to maximize ROI
- Streamline collaboration with automated workflows
Lightspeed Alert™
Lightspeed Alert is a proactive school safety solution that monitors online activity, flags concerning behaviors, and enables intervention before a tragedy occurs.
- Monitor student activity for self-harm, violence, bullying, and more
- Get the greatest coverage across the web
- Get real-time alerts that allow proactive intervention
- Scale your team with our 24/7/365 human review service
Lightspeed StopIt™
Lightspeed StopIt is an anonymous reporting system that allows individuals to report safety, misconduct, or compliance concerns, empowering school leaders to proactively address issues.
- Empower your community with anonymous reporting
- Connect students in crisis with self-help resources or district staff
- Scale your team with our 24/7/365 human review support
- Report on trends in wellbeing across your schools
Lightspeed Classroom™
Lightspeed Classroom gives teachers visibility into and control over student activity to minimize distractions, focus students on learning, and maximize instructional time.
- Empower teachers with visibility into student screens
- Close tabs, limit web access, and lock devices to focus students
- Keep students engaged with messaging and broadcast
- Report on student class activity
Lightspeed Signal™
Lightspeed Signal provides integrated insights on app, device, and network issues, to proactively minimize classroom disruptions, identify inventory inefficiencies, and prioritize districtwide support.
- View device inventories, health, and users
- Manage internet strength to ensure home and school connectivity
- Get automated notifications when apps are down
- Keep students connected and unburden IT staff
Lightspeed MDM™
Lightspeed MDM helps school district IT administrators with iOS and MacOS device management, providing over-the-air management of devices, applications, and policies with real-time visibility and reporting.
- Touchlessly deploy and manage iOS and MacOS devices
- Manage hundreds of device policies
- Push and pull app and iBook licenses
- Track device location and health
Strategic partnerships & integrations extend the impact of our platform
Every role in education,
empowered with visibility & control
Exceptional Schools, Exceptional Impact
Lightspeed Insight delivers visibility critical for validating investments, informing instruction, and safeguarding student data.
Proactive student safety monitoring improves safety and community collaboration.
Across 90 UK schools, teachers are able to focus on teaching, students are able to focus on learning.
