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CDT report, entitled "Sharing the Health: Report – Sharing the Health: Guidance for Schools When Procuring Mental Health Technologies." Illustration of a student wearing a sweater and backpack, against a clear sky background with clouds floating in and out.

Report – Sharing the Health: Guidance for Schools When Procuring Mental Health Technologies
CDT brief, entitled "Policies, People, and Protective Measures: Legal Requirements for K-12 Cybersecurity." White document on a grey background.

Policies, People, and Protective Measures: Legal Requirements for K-12 Cybersecurity
Image of a CDT brief, entitled "Generative AI Systems in Education – Uses and Misuses." White document on a grey background.

Generative AI Systems in Education – Uses and Misuses
CDT report, entitled "Risks from Personalized Learning Technologies." Illustration of a series of interfaces from personalized learning technologies, showing students' faces and different charts and data points.

Report – Risks from Personalized Learning Technologies
Photo of CDT's Civic Tech team members – left to right, Elizabeth Laird in sunglasses, Aaron Spitler in glasses, Hannah Quay-de la Vallee, and Cody Venzke in sunglasses.

Season’s Greetings from Civic Tech!
Graphic for CDT's research brief, entitled "Hidden Harms: Student Activity Monitoring After Roe v. Wade." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Student Activity Monitoring After Roe v. Wade
CDT report, entitled "Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Report – Out of Sight, Out of Mind? School Districts' EdTech Efforts Have Outpaced Transparency and Student Privacy." Illustration of a school building, covered in gradients of halftone patterns. The left side is dark, while the right is light, demonstrating the illuminating impact that transparency makes on student privacy.

Report – Out of Sight, Out of Mind? School Districts’ EdTech Efforts Have Outpaced Transparency and Student Privacy
Graphic for CDT's research brief, entitled "Hidden Harms: Increased Law Enforcement Interactions." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Increased Law Enforcement Interactions
Graphic for CDT's research brief, entitled "Hidden Harms: Disproportionate Disciplinary Action." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Disproportionate Disciplinary Action
A research brief from the CDT Civic Tech team, entitled “Hidden Harms: Students With Disabilities, Mental Health, And Student Activity Monitoring.” Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Students With Disabilities, Mental Health, And Student Activity Monitoring
The CDT logo. A white "cdt" alongside "Center for Democracy & Technology" on a dark grey background.

Courts Recognize Constitutional Harms from Invasive School Surveillance
A research brief from the CDT Civic Tech team, entitled "Hidden Harms: Targeting LGBTQ+ Students." Black text on a white background.

Brief – Hidden Harms: Targeting LGBTQ+ Students