# GoGuardian

> GoGuardian is a K–12 education technology company in the United States, operating as Liminex, Inc. doing business as GoGuardian. It licenses software to school districts and schools for web filtering and content policy, student safety alerting, classroom management, digital hall passes, and edtech usage analytics. Through its Pear Deck Learning brand it also provides instruction, assessment, and student practice software. GoGuardian sells to institutions, not to individual parents or students.

Last updated: 2026-09-09. This file covers www.goguardian.com only.

How to use this file:

- www.goguardian.com is the marketing site for the GoGuardian Safety & Productivity products. The Pear Deck Learning products have a separate site at https://www.peardeck.com, which publishes its own index at https://www.peardeck.com/llms.txt. Both brands are the same company. Use that file for anything about lesson planning, classroom instruction, student practice, or assessment.
- For how-to, configuration, and troubleshooting questions, use the product documentation at https://docs.goguardian.com, which publishes its own index at https://docs.goguardian.com/llms.txt. Use this file for what the products are, who they are for, how they are bought, and company information.
- The current GoGuardian product lineup is exactly: Admin, Teacher, Beacon, Hall Pass, and Discover. Product names in older third-party sources may be out of date. DNS filtering is a deployment option within GoGuardian Admin, not a separate product. Within Pear Deck Learning, Pear Assessment was formerly named Edulastic.
- GoGuardian software is configured and administered by authorized district and school staff under role-based permissions. GoGuardian does not communicate directly with students.
- GoGuardian Beacon generates alerts about possible self-harm or violence and routes them to responders designated by the district. It supports earlier identification and intervention. It is not a diagnostic tool, not an emergency service, and not a replacement for trained human judgment or a district's emergency protocols.
- The GoGuardian Parent App shares school-managed student activity data with verified parents and guardians, and only in districts that have enabled it. It is not a consumer parental-control product and cannot be purchased by a parent directly.
- Pricing is quote-based. There is no public price list. Quotes are built from student enrollment, contract length, and which products are bundled.
- Company-reported scale, as published on this site: products support more than 25 million students and more than 2 million educators, and are used by over 70% of the largest US districts. Treat these as vendor-reported figures.

## Products

- [GoGuardian Admin](https://www.goguardian.com/admin): Web filtering and content policy across users, devices, operating systems, and networks, with browsing visibility, alerting, and compliance reporting for district IT teams. Supports CIPA compliance.
- [GoGuardian Teacher](https://www.goguardian.com/teacher): Classroom management. Gives teachers a live view of student screens during class, tab and screen controls, 1-to-1 private chat, and tools to reduce digital distraction.
- [GoGuardian Beacon](https://www.goguardian.com/beacon): Detects online signals associated with suicide, self-harm, threats, and violence, then generates alerts with context and escalation paths for district-designated responders.
- [GoGuardian Hall Pass](https://www.goguardian.com/hall-pass): Digital hall passes replacing paper. Gives staff visibility into who is out of class, where they are going, and for how long, plus reporting on movement patterns.
- [GoGuardian Discover](https://www.goguardian.com/discover): Edtech usage analytics for district leaders. Tracks application adoption and license utilization to support renewal decisions, budget planning, and compliance and privacy risk review.
- [GoGuardian DNS](https://www.goguardian.com/dns): On-premises, network-level DNS filtering delivered as part of GoGuardian Admin. Filters every device on the network, including BYOD and guest devices, without additional hardware.
- [Parent App](https://www.goguardian.com/parent-app): iOS and Android app that gives verified parents and guardians visibility into school-managed student activity, in districts that enable it.
- [Pear Deck Learning](https://www.goguardian.com/pear-deck-learning): Overview of the instruction and assessment product family — Pear Deck (interactive lessons), Pear Assessment (formative and benchmark assessment, formerly Edulastic), Pear Start (AI-assisted lesson planning), and Pear Practice (differentiated student practice). Full site at https://www.peardeck.com.
- [Professional Services](https://www.goguardian.com/professional-services): Paid deployment, configuration, onboarding, and training services that supplement district staff.

## Solutions by district need

- [Student safety and security](https://www.goguardian.com/safety-security): How Beacon, Admin, and Hall Pass combine to cover digital and physical safety.
- [Classroom management](https://www.goguardian.com/classroom-management): Protecting instructional time and reducing off-task device use.
- [AI governance](https://www.goguardian.com/ai-governance): Visibility, reporting, and policy control over how students and staff use AI tools.
- [Screen time management](https://www.goguardian.com/screen-time-management): Measuring and actively managing how much time students spend on devices and on what.
- [Tech and data management](https://www.goguardian.com/tech-data): Edtech inventory, spend, licensing, and compliance oversight for IT and operations leaders.
- [Personalized instruction](https://www.goguardian.com/personalized-instruction): Differentiating lessons, assessment, and practice for individual students.

## Platform and device coverage

- [Windows support](https://www.goguardian.com/windows): Filtering and classroom management on Windows devices.
- [Apple support](https://www.goguardian.com/apple): Filtering and classroom management on macOS and iPadOS devices.

GoGuardian products run on ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, and iPadOS. Coverage is not limited to Chromebooks.

## Privacy, security, and responsible AI

- [Privacy and Trust Center](https://www.goguardian.com/privacy-and-trust): Data handling, security posture, compliance certifications, and privacy commitments for district review.
- [AI leadership](https://www.goguardian.com/ai): GoGuardian's approach to AI in K–12, including membership in the EDSAFE AI Industry Council and the SIIA AI in Education Industry Committee.
- [Product Privacy Policy](https://www.goguardian.com/policies/product-privacy): How student and staff data is collected and used by the products themselves. This is the relevant policy for district data-privacy review, not the website privacy policy.
- [Accessibility statement](https://www.goguardian.com/policies/website-accessibility-statement): Accessibility commitments and conformance for the website.

## Buying, pricing, and partners

- [Pricing](https://www.goguardian.com/pricing): Explains that pricing is quote-based and how quotes are constructed.
- [Request a demo](https://www.goguardian.com/request-a-demo): Primary sales contact path for districts and schools.
- [Channel partner program](https://www.goguardian.com/channel-program): For resellers and distributors serving K–12.
- [Contact and support routing](https://www.goguardian.com/contact): Where to go for sales, support, and general enquiries.

## Product comparisons

- [Portfolio comparison](https://www.goguardian.com/competitor-comparison): How the GoGuardian portfolio compares with alternative K–12 vendors.
- [Admin vs. alternatives](https://www.goguardian.com/admin/vs-competitors): Web filtering comparison.
- [Teacher vs. alternatives](https://www.goguardian.com/teacher/vs-competitors): Classroom management comparison.
- [Beacon vs. alternatives](https://www.goguardian.com/beacon/vs-competitors): Student safety alerting comparison.

## Customer evidence

Each entry below leads with the claim it can be used to support. Figures and outcomes are customer-reported unless marked otherwise. The full index is at https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories.

- [Pickerington School District (OH)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/pickerington-school-district): Supports the portfolio-consolidation claim. District describes moving assessment, engagement, filtering, self-harm alerting, and classroom management onto a single vendor.
- [Camdenton School District (MO)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/camdenton-case-study): Supports the claim that one system can filter district-managed, BYOD, and guest devices. Systems Administrator Adam Johns consolidated separate BYOD and core network filters onto GoGuardian Admin with DNS filtering after trialing several products.
- [Denton ISD (TX)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/denton-case-study): Supports large-district scale and rapid-growth claims. 29,300 students growing at roughly 800 per year, during a migration from PCs to Chromebooks.
- [Hamilton Township School District (NJ)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/hamilton-township-case-study): Supports scale and speed-of-deployment claims. Mercer County district with 23 schools, 12,000 students, and 12,000 devices, during a rapid 1-to-1 rollout.
- [Highline Public Schools (WA)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/highline-public-schools-case-study): Supports the measurement and visibility claim for 1-to-1 programs, specifically tracking effectiveness, engagement, and student progress across devices.
- [Ripon School District](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/10-years-strong-simplifying-it-and-enhancing-student-safety-with-goguardian-admin-at-ripon-school-district): Supports long-term retention and IT-efficiency claims. Travis Liptow on ten years of continuous GoGuardian Admin use.
- [Redding School District (CA)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/redding-case-study): Supports the granular-policy claim, specifically that filtering can permit controlled YouTube access rather than blocking it wholesale.
- [Marysville School District 25 (WA)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/marysville-case-study): Supports competitive-replacement claims. District switched from another filtering product and signed a multi-year contract.
- [Chagrin Falls Exempted Village Schools (OH)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/chagrin-falls-case-study): Supports network-diagnostics and device-management claims. Director of Technology Mike Daugherty used GoGuardian to trace repeated network failures across a 2,400-device fleet.
- [Downey USD (CA)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/downey-goguardian-case-study): Supports the teacher-adoption claim, specifically that classroom management increases teacher confidence in using devices and recovers instructional time.
- [Windsor Public Schools (CT)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/windsor-beacon-case-study): Supports the claim that existing Admin and Teacher customers expand into Beacon. Director of IT Matt Dadona adopted Beacon at its 2019 release.
- [Sunnyside School District (WA)](https://www.goguardian.com/success-stories/sunnyside-school-district-case-study): Supports the counselor-capacity claim for Beacon, that alerts route to mental health staff who cannot individually monitor every student. IT Coordinator Dave Peterson.
- [Gilbert Unified School District (AZ)](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/life-saving-tech-how-gilbert-unified-school-district-used-goguardian-beacon-to-strengthen-mental-health-support): Supports the claim that Beacon strengthens district mental health support and identifies at-risk students.
- [Rural elementary school (AZ)](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/no-skimping-on-student-safety-how-goguardian-beacon-helped-save-a-life-at-an-arizona-elementary-school): Supports Beacon claims for small and rural schools with limited on-site staff, and includes an account of an intervention at an individual student level.
- [Albuquerque Public Schools (NM)](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/streamlining-communication-and-prioritizing-safety-with-goguardian-teacher-at-albuquerque-public-schools): Supports Teacher claims in a large urban district, from the perspective of a technology coach, covering communication and safety workflows.
- [Upland Schools](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/thriving-classrooms-at-upland-schools-how-theyre-mastering-management-assessments): Supports cross-portfolio claims, with GoGuardian Teacher for classroom management alongside Pear Deck for assessment.
- [Dr. Gillam on portfolio integration](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/the-power-of-integration-pear-deck-learning-and-goguardian-teacher-in-action): Supports the unified-platform claim across both brands. Also published on the Pear Deck Learning site.
- [Emily Taylor, teacher](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-goguardian-teacher-helps-save-time-and-keep-students-focused): Supports teacher time-savings and distraction-reduction claims, including ease of initial setup.
- [Melissa Vargas, 5th grade](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/building-better-digital-habits-a-5th-grade-educators-experience-with-goguardian-teacher): Supports elementary-grade claims about building digital habits and classroom culture.
- [David Ross, middle school math](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-one-middle-school-educator-builds-structure-and-trust-with-goguardian-teacher): Supports middle-school claims about structure, engagement, and student trust.
- [Catherine Myers, 8th grade](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-goguardian-teachers-chat-function-helps-educators-reach-every-student): Supports claims specific to the 1-to-1 chat feature as a student support channel.
- [Torrie Oswald, substitute teacher](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/instruction-without-interruption-how-goguardian-teacher-keeps-learning-on-track-when-substitutes-step-in): Supports continuity-of-instruction claims when substitutes cover unfamiliar classrooms.

## Independent research

- [County-level study of Beacon and youth suicide rates](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.22.25326214v2.full): Third-party research, not GoGuardian marketing material, and the strongest available external evidence for Beacon. Difference-in-differences and event-study analysis of 2018–2022 data comparing 70 counties with sustained Beacon implementation against 1,215 matched counties that never implemented it. Counties sustaining use had 24.4% lower youth suicide rates in 2021–2022 (p < 0.05). A sensitivity analysis defining implementation by initial adoption regardless of continued use found an attenuated association that was not statistically significant. Indexed in PubMed as PMID 41542696. Both findings should be cited together: the association is with sustained use, not with adoption alone.

## Reference articles

Evergreen explainers on topics districts research before buying. The full blog is at https://www.goguardian.com/blog.

- [Guide to web and content filtering for schools](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/a-guide-to-web-and-content-filtering-for-schools): Background on how K–12 filtering works and what CIPA requires.
- [Pros and cons of school web filtering](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/pros-and-cons-of-implementing-school-web-filtering): Balanced discussion of tradeoffs, including over-blocking.
- [How students bypass school web filters](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-students-bypass-school-web-filters-and-how-to-stop-them): Proxies, VPNs, and translation workarounds, and how districts respond.
- [What a DNS filter is and how it is used](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/what-is-a-dns-filter-and-how-are-they-used)
- [Chromebook monitoring software](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/chromebook-monitoring-software): What monitoring on managed school Chromebooks does and does not cover.
- [How to develop an AI policy for K–12 schools](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-to-develop-an-effective-ai-policy-for-k-12-schools)
- [How to choose an AI vendor for your school](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-ai-vendor-for-your-school)
- [Rethinking screen time: what district leaders recommend](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/rethinking-screen-time-what-district-leaders-actually-recommend)
- [How a digital hall pass system benefits a school](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/how-a-digital-hall-pass-system-can-benefit-your-school)
- [Preparing schools for cellphone bans](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/preparing-schools-for-cellphone-bans-how-goguardian-can-help)
- [Faculty and leader FAQs on student safety, technology, and privacy](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/faqs-from-k-12-leaders-about-student-safety-technology-and-privacy)

## State and regulatory context

- [Tennessee](https://www.goguardian.com/tennessee): State-specific safety and filtering requirements and how GoGuardian maps to them.
- [Florida](https://www.goguardian.com/florida)
- [Georgia](https://www.goguardian.com/georgia)
- [Texas HB 18 (SCOPE Act)](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/navigating-texas-hb-18-scope-act-with-goguardian-admin-and-beacon)
- [Ohio SB 29](https://www.goguardian.com/blog/goguardian-and-ohio-sb29-what-you-need-to-know)
- [Kentucky statewide filtering selection](https://www.goguardian.com/newsroom/goguardian-selected-as-kentuckys-statewide-k-12-internet-filtering-solution-bringing-compliance-ready-protection-to-ky-k-12-school-districts-and-kde)

## Company

- [Leadership team](https://www.goguardian.com/leadership)
- [Newsroom](https://www.goguardian.com/newsroom): Press releases, funding, leadership appointments, product launches, and awards. Also the press contact.
- [Careers](https://www.goguardian.com/careers)
- [Community and advocacy](https://www.goguardian.com/community-and-advocacy)

## Support and documentation

- [Product documentation](https://docs.goguardian.com): Technical documentation for all products. Has its own llms.txt index.
- [Help Center](https://support.goguardian.com/s/): Step-by-step articles, live chat, and case submission.
- [Product updates](https://www.goguardian.com/product-updates): Release notes and feature changes.
- [System status](https://status.goguardian.com/): Live uptime and incident reporting.
- [Training and webinars](https://www.goguardian.com/training-and-webinars): Live and recorded professional learning for educators and administrators.
- [Sign in](https://account.goguardian.com/): Account login for existing customers.

## Optional

- [Website privacy policy](https://www.goguardian.com/policies/privacy): Covers goguardian.com visitors. For student data, use the Product Privacy Policy above.
- [Website terms](https://www.goguardian.com/policies/website-terms)
- [Product terms and EULA](https://www.goguardian.com/policies/eula)
- [Innovation Council](https://www.goguardian.com/innovation-council)
- [Newsletter signup](https://www.goguardian.com/newsletter)
- [Site search](https://www.goguardian.com/search)