The School Information System Blog posted an article about school administrators monitoring students internet activities and then punishing them for “violations”. I have a big problem with this. First of all, schools should not be allowed to punish any student for anything that happens off of school grounds. An internet website is most definitely off of school grounds. If a student does something wrong outside of school, then it is an issue for law enforcement or civil court, not school administrators.

It’s unbelievable that it’s become necessary, but a law needs to be created to clearly limit school administrators authority and establish rights for students.