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US School Curriculum to Include Online Safety?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the more-information-is-rarely-a-bad-thing dept.

Stony Stevenson writes to mention that the US National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) is pushing for school's to include cyber-security, online safety, and ethics lessons in their normal curriculum. "The National School Boards Association reported that 96 per cent of school districts claim that at least some of their teachers assign homework requiring internet use. But there is still no formal education on how to stay safe, secure and ethical online, despite the fact that the internet, like the real world, has threats and dangers which students may come across in the normal course of a day. These include communications from identity thieves, online predators and cyber-bullies."

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  1. The biggest cyber-bully by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The biggest cyber-bully is Microsoft. When they stop their commercially-indefensible tactics, I'll think about helping.

    Until then, kids, you're on your own. We can't really make progress.

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