Web Filtering Solutions for Schools, Districts and Libraries
How category-based filtering solves real problems for schools and libraries, from CIPA compliance and deployment choices to AI tools, student safety and bypass.
A block, allow-with-controls or allow decision with its reason for each of 11,853 AI tools, plus a board-ready AI policy kit and AI app lists for MDM.
Web filtering for schools, districts and libraries
Filtering explained for each kind of institution, plus what to look for when you compare products.
CIPA-compliant filtering software explained: categories, Chromebook coverage, audit reports and choosing well.
How to compare school web filters on coverage, off-campus devices, AI tools, reporting and cost.
The feature checklist school filtering software needs, from CIPA categories to bypass blocking.
Which categories schools block and allow, and how grade-band policies use category data.
Age-appropriate policies by grade band, from strict elementary rules to flexible high school access.
One CIPA policy across every building, delegated admin and consistent E-Rate reporting.
Filtering for private day and boarding schools, BYOD networks and lean IT teams.
What public libraries must filter under CIPA, adult unblock requests and funding rules.
CIPA compliance and filtering categories
The technology protection measure CIPA requires, the categories behind it and a way to test your current filter.
A filter that meets the technology protection measure rule, with category reports for E-Rate audits.
How obscene and harmful-to-minors content is categorized, and how schools block it.
A reference to every K-12 category, which ones schools usually block and why.
A free in-browser test showing which categories your school network actually blocks.
Deployment options and devices
Cloud, on-site and DNS filtering compared, plus how filtering reaches Chromebooks, apps and encrypted traffic.
Filtering with no appliance to buy, quick rollout and policy that follows take-home devices.
Self-hosted filtering that keeps every decision and log inside your own network.
Block harmful content at DNS resolution, deploy fast and know where DNS filtering stops.
Keep CIPA filtering on 1:1 Chromebooks at school and at home, with policies by grade.
Control apps and extensions on Chromebooks, iPads and Windows alongside web filtering.
When K-12 networks need TLS inspection, when DNS will do and how certificates are handled.
AI tools in schools
Category data for AI tools so schools can block cheating and harmful AI while keeping approved tools open.
Over 11,800 AI-tool domains in 18 categories, updated daily and delivered in several formats.
Block essay writers, paraphrasers and homework solvers while keeping teaching AI available.
Protect students from deepfake imagery, voice cloning and ungoverned companion chat apps.
Student safety and wellbeing
Where filtering helps with self-harm, violence, bullying and social media, and where other layers take over.
Filter self-harm and extreme violence sites while help lines and health resources stay reachable.
Blocking weapons, extremist and attack content as one layer beside threat assessment teams.
What a web filter can and cannot do about bullying, with policy pointers and staff steps.
Time-based and per-grade social media access instead of a blanket ban.
Allow educational video by grade, enforce Restricted Mode and protect bandwidth.
Force SafeSearch and YouTube Restricted Mode at DNS level and on Chromebooks, then test it.
Security, bypass and privacy
Protecting school networks from threats and workarounds, and handling filter logs lawfully.
Block malicious, phishing and command-and-control domains, including newly registered ones.
Every bypass route students use, from proxies and VPNs to encrypted DNS, and the control for each.
A layered approach to student online safety that goes beyond a single blocklist.
Lawful basis, DPIA, log retention and subject access requests for school filter data.