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Mark Keierleber

Investigative Reporter

Mark Keierleber is an investigative reporter at The 74.

Previously, Mark was a reporter at the Student Press Law Center, a Washington, D.C.-based legal assistance agency, where he reported on government transparency and First Amendment issues relevant to students and educators. He also edited the nonprofit organization's news magazine and website. His reporting has appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Courier-Journal.

A Wyoming native, he graduated from the Indiana University School of Journalism, where he served as editor-in-chief of the student newspaper.

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Mark Keierleber

Investigative Reporter

Articles by Mark Keierleber

Former Parkland Principal Calls For Wellness Centers in Every School

Controversial Gunshot Detectors on Minneapolis Schools, Cyber Attack Reveals

How Leaked School Security Maps Could Put Minneapolis Kids in Danger

Minneapolis Data Breach a ‘Worst-Case Scenario’ after Ransomware Attack

The Education Community Braced for Guidance on Student Discipline. It Never Came

The 74 Interview: Shannon Watts on the Power Moms Wield to Stop School Shootings

Days After Missed Ransomware Deadline, Stolen MN Schools’ Files Appear Online

Ransomware Group Claims Massive Data Leak But MN Files’ Whereabouts a Mystery

Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Minneapolis Schools in Brazen New Threat

Trove of L.A. Students’ Mental Health Records Posted to Dark Web After Cyber Hack

5 Years After Parkland, Police Still Lack Procedures on Stopping Mass Shooters

The Latest School ‘Weapons Detection’ Tech Can Miss Serious Threats, Experts Say

Gaggle Drops LGBTQ Keywords from Student Surveillance Tool Following Bias Concerns

Intentional Shootings by Young Children Very Rare: What We Know

Startling 96% of School Tech Exposes Student Data, Research Finds

Inside 285 Cases Where Campus Cops Injured — Or Killed — Students at School

Map: In Decade Since Sandy Hook, Nearly 500 Killed in Mass Shootings Across U.S.

They Lost Their Kids at Sandy Hook 10 Years Ago. Their Fight is For Life

DHS Sec. Mayorkas: Relationships, Not Tech, Central to Creating Safe Schools

Gov. Ron DeSantis, Who Leveraged Parent Outrage Over Schools, Wins Big in FL

Georgia’s Youth Became A Political Force. Will it Last?

Can Educators and Police Predict the Next School Shooter?

Swatting Hoax Targeting Schools ‘Absolutely’ Coordinated, But May Still Be Kids

White House Cautions Schools Against ‘Continuous Surveillance’ of Students

LA District Downplays Student Harm After Cyber Gang Posts Sensitive Data Online

Trevor Project Severs Ties with Surveillance Company Accused of LGBTQ Youth Bias

4 Big Takeaways on the Pandemic’s Mixed Effects on NYC Students’ Test Scores

As Advocates and Parents Rally, Youth Online Privacy Bills on Life Support

LA Schools and the Mystery of the Missing Ransom Note

New Year, New Fear: Students Return to Schools with Beefed-Up Security Post-Uvalde

With ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Laws & Abortion Bans, Student Surveillance Raises New Risks

Principals Traumatized by School Shootings Release Guide to Recovery

Poll: Most Parents Oppose Arming Teachers with Guns — But Support is Growing

Illuminate Ed Pulled from ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ After Massive Data Breach

Survey Reveals Extent that Cops Surveil Students Online — in School and at Home

After Huge Illuminate Data Breach, Ed Tech’s ‘Student Privacy Pledge’ Under Fire

Release of Uvalde Shooting Video Sets off Fury, Including Fears of Future Violence

Minneapolis Schools to Halt Controversial Student Surveillance Initiative

New Ken Burns PBS Documentary Offers Raw Look at the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Uvalde School Police Chief Placed on Leave

They Ran for their Lives: Panic at DC March Inflames the Trauma of Parkland

Terror at DC Rally after Screaming Man Reportedly Claimed He was Armed

After Uvalde Shooting, Parkland Survivors Head Up Huge Gun Safety Rally — Again

Campus Cops Scrutinized After Tragic Missteps in Uvalde Shooting Response

74 Interview: Cybersecurity Expert Levin on the Harms of Student Data Hacks

The Contagion Effect: From Buffalo to Uvalde, 16 Mass Shootings in Just 10 Days

FTC Targets Ed Tech Companies that ‘Illegally Surveil Children’

Survey: Nearly ½ of LGBTQ Youth Considered Suicide in the Last Year

Meet the Gatekeepers of Students’ Private Lives

National Poll Shows Little Appetite for Book Bans

Could AI ‘Chatbots’ Solve the Youth Mental Health Crisis?

Senate Inquiry Warns About Harms of Digital School Surveillance Tools

CDC Data Reveal Alarming Extent of Pandemic-Era Youth Mental Health Crisis

Schools Bought Security Cameras to Fight COVID. Did it Work?

Texas Order on Trans Health Care Could Exacerbate Youth Suicide Crisis

Historic PA School Funding Trial Comes to a Close

Exclusive: Police Cam Video Reveals How Schools Restrain Kids in Crisis

‘Bulletproof’ Film Explores the ‘Dark Absurdism’ of School Security

Pittsburgh Schools Falsely Reported Zero Student Arrests, Records Show

Julia Keleher Sentenced to 6 Months in Federal Prison

ALICE Active-Shooter Drills Saved Dozens of Oxford HS Students, Exec Claims

Oxford HS Shooting Suspect’s Parents Face Manslaughter Charges

Oxford HS School Shooting Spurs Discussion on Active Shooter Drills

FBI Reaches ‘Unprecedented’ Settlement With Parkland Families

Viral Videos of TX Student Being Tasered Prompt School Police Brutality Outcry

Highly Watched Pa. School Funding Equity Suit Heads to Trial

School Safety Officer Charged with Murder Wasn’t a Cop. Does That Matter?

Minneapolis Voters Reject Police Reform Measure

Partisan Feud Pits Members’ Safety Against Parents’ Free Speech Rights

In Minneapolis, Campus Cops Had Lengthy Discipline Record

Senate Confirms Lhamon to Top Civil Rights Post for Second Time

Parkland Suspect to Plead Guilty, Will Face Jury on Death Penalty Decision

Campus Cops Reduce Violence — But at a Steep Cost, Especially for Black Students

Gaggle Surveils Millions of Kids in the Name of Safety. Targeted Families Argue it’s ‘Not That Smart’

Union Leaders Call for Reforms to Thwart Campus Violence Surge

Justice Department to Combat Violent Threats Against Educators

Dems Warn School Surveillance Tools Could Compound ‘Risk of Harm for Students’