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“This was a fantastic school…I was in disbelief”

Frank DeAngelis spent 35 years at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado.

Using Data for Effective School Reopening

Reopen smarting using data for K-12 schools Lightspeed recently spoke with Anthony Padrnos, Executive Director of Technology for Osseo Area Schools in Minnesota, who discussed how ed-tec...

Returning to Normal: What it Means for IT Teams

Time for schools return to "normal" Schools are rebooting in-person learning following the year-long COVID-19 shutdown, and as districts move to return to ‘normal,’ a recent survey of 200...

5 Steps to Implementing Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG)

Comprehensive School Threat Assessment American schools face an epidemic of violence by and against their students. A 2019 government study found that 7% of high school students reported...

Online Learning’s Impact on K-12 Students’ Mental Health

When schools turned to online learning options during the COVID-19 pandemic, educators, psychologists, and experts in student health and wellness began to express concern that the lack of in-person,…

The Need for Effective Web Filtering Isn’t Going Away

Web filtering for schools is more important as ever K-12 web filtering for schools became a growing priority for schools as they closed and switched to remote learning last spring, but th...

Early Detection and Implementing an Alert System for Your District

The data paints a startling picture:

Lightspeed Systems: Better Than GoGuardian!

The integrated Lightspeed Solutions Suite supports all operating systems—perfect for any district with single or multiple OS types. GoGuardian has less compatibility, which means less filtering and app management. Learn more how Lightspeed and GoGuardian compare.

How to Make Remote Learning Easier, Less Stressful, and Less Risky

As students return to the classroom this fall – either virtually or in a hybrid environment combining in-person and remote learning — teachers and administrators have grappled with the challenges…

Why Shawnee Mission Schools Chose Lightspeed Systems For Virtual Learning

Like many districts and schools this summer, Kansas-based Shawnee Mission School District is making back to school plans and gearing up for the possibility of continued virtual learning.

Three More Reasons to Turn on Lightspeed Alert™ School Safety Monitoring

If you’re using Lightspeed Filter™, you already have Lightspeed Alert – a complete student monitoring platform that can help increase your school safety!

Three More Reasons to Turn on Lightspeed Alert™ School Safety Monitoring

If you’re using Lightspeed Filter™, you already have Lightspeed Alert for K-12– a complete student monitoring platform that can help increase your school safety!

Student Safety and Mental Health During Coronavirus

Remote Learning for Student Safety The pandemic and social distancing has been difficult and stressful for everyone – but the impact on students is enormous. As schools have shifted to re...

New! The Online Activity Dashboard is Here to Help with Remote Learning

Remote Learning Activity Insights As we’ve talked to schools over the last few weeks, what we’ve heard is that they’re moving quickly to do remote learning — but they don’t have the remot...

Using YouTube for Distance Learning

With classrooms closed and remote learning the new normal for billions of students around the world, methods for delivering instruction are changing.

Limitations of Firewall Filters for Remote Learning

Many districts have relied on their firewall for content filtering and reporting.

Remote Reporting?

What Schools Don't Know About Remote Learning With 90% of the world’s students out of the physical classroom, funds have been reallocated and plans quickly put in place to support remote...

Before Remote Learning, Schools Need Remote Filtering

Schools around the world are working to build, implement, and expand remote learning plans to educate students through Coronavirus closures. But before virtual classes and video lectures and di...

Keep Students on Task with Lightspeed Classroom Management™

What software will keep students on task and learning? With so many distractions competing for students’ attention online, teachers don’t just need to be able to see every screen from the...

Web Filtering for Devices and Remote Learning During School Closures

Is your district facing challenges with web filtering for remote devices? Schools around the world are quickly implementing plans for remote learning to maintain educational continuity du...

How to Use Lightspeed Filter™ and Classroom Management™ for Remote and Hybrid Learning

For many districts, hybrid and distance learning models are here to stay.

Coronavirus, School Closures, and Lightspeed Filter™

Many districts have relied on their firewall for content filtering and reporting. While firewalls have never provided the granularity of a purpose-built web filter, they’ve been sufficient for...

5 Signs It’s Time to Upgrade Your School’s Web Filtering

How good is your school's web filtering software? Web filtering software for schools is about more than being CIPA-compliant. Your web filter is a critical part of your school’s tech stac...

Rising Suicide Rates

Can Your School Web Filter Help Prevent Suicide? Over the weekend I read this article from EdWeek about rising suicide rates among young kids. Some concerning statistics: Suicide among y...

Top Lightspeed Filter™ Features You May Not Be Using

Optimize EdTech Lightspeed Filter Lightspeed Filter does a lot — and we’re on a mission to optimize EdTech Lightspeed Filter all the time. That means there are probably some features you...

Five Ways to Maximize Class Time with Lightspeed Classroom Management™

As someone who’s been the teacher, I know how excited teachers and students are to revamp the learning process. When making the transition to distance learning or BYOD, I found endless opportun...

4 Steps to Distance Learning Success

You’re buying devices. In fact, schools purchase about 30 million devices each year! Wow.

Lightspeed Filter™ Reports Just Got Better with the Web Activity Log

Because of their breadth and actionability, Lightspeed Filter reports are already one of the things that set us apart and make us the top filter in K12 schools. In addition to robust policies t...

4 Ways Schools Can Drive Ed-Tech ROI and Compliance With Analytics

It’s something we hear from a lot of schools: first came all the devices, then came a flurry of apps and applications and digital tools and curriculum to use with them. And now, it’s a little o...

DNS over HTTPS – What Schools Need to Know about Web Filtering with DoH

School web filtering evolves with DoH Recently, Mozilla announced its plans to implement the DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol by default in the Firefox browser starting in late September. So...
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