Wednesday, February 02, 2005

Leave No Child Unwatched

Apparently topping the list of educational needs in New Jersey is surveillance of students and staff. That's the only possible explanation for a new pilot program advocated by acting Gov. Richard J. Codey to install "smart cameras" and mandate ID cards for teachers and students at a subset of the state's elementary schools. Is face-recognition software really about preventing terrorism (?! Columbine was kind of an inside job!) or about keeping an eye on our nation's future subversive intellectuals?

Maybe we can get the Homeland Security guys to help fund texbooks and lunch programs...

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