Gaggle Speaks

Ideas, news, and advice for K-12 educators and administrators to help create safe learning environments.

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Keep the Search, Skip the AI Answers: Gaggle Web Filter Now Hides AI Summaries on Five Search Engines

AI is quickly becoming part of everyday search. For many students, typing a question into a search engine brings back an AI-generated answer before any links appear. That might be convenient, but it changes how students research. It also raises an...

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Why We Reimagined the Gaggle Look

For more than 25 years, Gaggle has partnered with schools to help keep students safe and supported. While our mission has remained the same, the way...

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New Web Filter Updates Built to Give Districts More Control and Context

Web Filter now shows how students spend their time online and lets admins keep approved content readable. Here are this fall's top three updates,...

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The Importance of Accurate and Actionable Alerts in Student Safety

Imagine being a school principal who receives an alert about a potential self-harm threat involving one of your students. Within minutes, staff...

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What September Can Teach Us About Paying Attention

Every September, National Suicide Prevention Month asks us to do something simple and hard: pay closer attention to the people around us, and say...

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New Web Filter and Safety Management Updates Built to Give Districts More Control

At Gaggle, our goal is simple: Help schools protect students online while giving district teams the tools, visibility, and flexibility they need to...

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Founder Update

When I started Gaggle more than two decades ago, it was with a simple but urgent belief: if schools were going to embrace digital tools, they needed...

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The Lifelong Power of Early Mental Health Care

“Begin with the end in mind.” This is sage advice but things are not always so simple, particularly when it comes to human beings. In clinical...

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Choosing a School Safety Net

Students communicate through email, shared documents, chat platforms, and external apps, often moving between them throughout the day. According to...

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Mental Health Begins With Awareness

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on how we support student well-being in meaningful, lasting ways. At Gaggle, this work is at...

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