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Your Top Questions About Relay Smart Agents, Answered

What are IT’s biggest challenges with filtering today? Last week, we hosted a special webinar on the future of filtering.

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3 Ways Lightspeed’s Classroom Stands Out in K-12 Ed-Tech

Classroom learning and device tech are evolving faster than ever. Now, it’s essential to empower teachers with advanced tools and solutions to monitor class activity and keep students engaged.

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Filtering Current Events to Promote Safe Digital Learning

Shielding kids online can be a very daunting task for parents and schools, where every scroll brings the potential for a surprising news headline or a viral video.

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Who’s Winning the Device Wars?

Here’s our take

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The Most Popular Websites in Every Grade Level

Last year, we told you about most popular websites among K-12 students: We learned Google dominates the K-12 device space — particularly due to the large number of Chromebooks in education —…

14 Things No Other Internet Filter Can Give Your School

Your internet filter needs to keep students safe and using technology appropriately. No internet filter besides Relay can do all 14 of these essential things.

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Why It’s Time to Get Smarter About Filtering Your K-12 School

The internet is changing, technology is changing, and it’s time for filtering to change, too. Lightspeed Filter™ brings schools a needed revolution in web filtering.

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3 Ways Lightspeed Systems Honors Safer Internet Day, Every Day

Today marks Safer Internet Day 2018, a global event recognizing the importance of keeping the internet safe, especially for young users.

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Top 3 Ways Lightspeed Systems™ Helps Schools Foster Digital Citizenship

Even people who work with students probably don’t realize just how much time kids spend online. For teenagers, that number goes up to 7 hours and 22 minutes.