Privacy concerns eyed for school tracking apps

UNTER, N.Y. — For better or for worse, the third-graders in Greg Fletcher’s class at Hunter Elementary School always know where they stand.

One morning in mid-October, Fletcher walked to the front of the classroom where an interactive white board displayed ClassDojo, a behavior-tracking app that lets teachers award points or subtract them based on a student’s conduct. On the board was a virtual classroom showing each student’s name, a cartoon avatar and the student’s scores so far that week.

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