Online Student Safety at No Cost to Schools
Trusted by over 2,100 districts in the U.S.
Trusted by over 2,100 districts in the U.S.
Account Monitoring
Our award-winning technology monitors school-issued G Suite and Office 365 accounts for signs of digital dangers including cyberbullying, threats of violence, suicidal ideation, online predators, and more.
Web Filtering
Our web filter lets you block games, pornography, streaming services, and other domains that may undermine a positive learning environment. Generate reports and manage your filter in a way that works best for your school.
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Parent Portal allows schools to share responsibility and alerts with the families in their community after school hours, on weekends, and during holidays. These are times when students still use their school-issued accounts, but your administration may not be available to respond to urgent alerts. Schools can also share alerts 24/7.
Inviting parents is easy with Clever, PowerSchool, or your parent contacts spreadsheet.
Bark for Schools OnCall is a premium service for schools that want round-the-clock support in responding to emergency alerts that may indicate imminent threats of harm to self or others. These can include:
Schools that have also activated Parent Portal can share these same alerts with the parents and guardians in their community — whether 24/7 or after hours, over weekends, and during holidays.
| Bark for Schools (Free) | OnCall (Premium) | |
|---|---|---|
| Access to technical support team (Weekdays, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. EST) | ||
| 24/7 severe alerts via email | ||
| Emergency alerts escalated to Severe Alerts Team for review | ||
| 24/7 emergency response via text/phone call |
Turns Savings Into Value
With the money that would have gone to Bark, we’re able to bring in real-world people to communicate with the kids and talk to them about their experiences … Money invested in bringing these people in was actually starting conversations, enabling teachers to connect with students when they may not have had that opportunity before because it just never came up.
Smart and Agile
What makes your company invaluable is that you continue to grow and adapt to the real world, especially in the K-12 space, to make sure that your product is on the leading edge … It’s good to see a company that continues to care, and also grows the product to accommodate the students to keep them as safe as possible at all times.
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You can join us every Wednesday and Thursday at 2 p.m. EST to find out how Bark for Schools works and how to get started. Sign up below or email us to reserve your spot.
Provides Free Insight
I’m a fan of anything that provides better insight into what’s going on with students, and the fact that Bark can do that for free is even better.
Aimee Bates
Technology Integration Specialist — Cullman City School District
The Real Deal
Bark for Schools is the real deal. We didn’t have any sort of content scanning before getting Bark. Within a few days, Bark found multiple issues that would have gone unnoticed if we hadn’t been scanning Gmail and Hangouts. When an issue arose that could have been life-threatening for one of our students, a Bark team member called our school to help us take correct action.
Thad Schulz
Technology Coordinator — Sebeka Public School
Provides Free Insight
I’m a fan of anything that provides better insight into what’s going on with students, and the fact that Bark can do that for free is even better.
Aimee Bates
Technology Integration Specialist — Cullman City School District
The Real Deal
Bark for Schools is the real deal. We didn’t have any sort of content scanning before getting Bark. Within a few days, Bark found multiple issues that would have gone unnoticed if we hadn’t been scanning Gmail and Hangouts. When an issue arose that could have been life-threatening for one of our students, a Bark team member called our school to help us take correct action.
Thad Schulz
Technology Coordinator — Sebeka Public School
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Bark for Schools By the Numbers
These numbers reflect online activities on school-issued G Suite and Office 365 accounts from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2019. To see our annual report for our flagship product for families, click here.
5,404,777 Issues Discovered
(avg. 0.87 per student)
892,670 Instances
of children using school accounts to buy, sell, or discuss taking illicit drugs
878,419 Instances
of nudity/explicit content
251,367 Students
involved in cyberbullying on school-issued accounts
91,812 Children
expressing self-harm, cutting, and/or suicidal thoughts
6 Instances
of children communicating with online predators
Founded in 2015, Bark monitors texts, email, YouTube, and 30+ of the most popular apps and social media platforms. Our award-winning service looks for potentially harmful activities that may indicate online predators, adult content, sexting, cyberbullying, drug use, depression, suicidal ideation, and more, so that families can help keep their kids safe online and in real life.
