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Re:Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor... by kwhitefoot on Thursday September 21, 2023 @12:02PM (#37599651)
I'm so glad I don't have children in school in the UK. There seems to be so much going on that has nothing to do with education. I'm glad that when I was at school in the sixties and seventies in the UK none of that existed and teachers pretty much just taught.

How did this sort of thing creep into schools without anyone protesting?

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Re:Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor... by Silhouette on Thursday September 21, 2023 @12:31PM (#37600097)
How did it creep in without protest?

"Staff using the app have told the criminal justice campaign charity Fair Trials that they keep it secret from parents and carers, and admitted many would be concerned about it if they knew of it."

I worry that our school system is now made up of teachers and support staff who are still absurdly undervalued and trying really hard to give our kids a good education but then a whole layer of management above them who have lost the plot.

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Re:Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor... by bowsamic on Thursday September 21, 2023 @01:18PM (#37600805)
> How did this sort of thing creep into schools without anyone protesting?

See the discussion in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37594179

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Re:Call to shut down Bristol schools’ use of app to ‘monitor... by lawlessone on Thursday September 21, 2023 @03:42PM (#37603102)
>How did this sort of thing creep into schools without anyone protesting?

Apathy as others have mentioned. Apathy because people are tired. And maybe apathy because it's clearly being aimed at people for class and/or ethnicity. People tolerate a lot of bad if doesn't affect them in particular.

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