If someone has an ax to grind or a desire to go after somebody, the forum is there, the access is there. |
Kids are much more tech savvy than many adults anyway. The challenge is how do we narrow the gap between the two. |
The key is for the schools to have an environment that kids feel comfortable reporting things. |
The only thing that scares me more than a kid with a gun is an adult who believes that it can't happen here. |
The problem is that most of this type of legislation has little to no resources for schools to do anything other than having an unnecessary and unfunded mandate that's really questionable whether or not it's needed. |
This gives students who have a vendetta against a teacher a source of power and control that they don't have in the classroom and the school building, where the adults are in charge. |
When I looked at the incidents this year, it jumped right out. |