Monitoring Students

Parents, teachers, and school administrators are increasingly monitoring students with the help of technology. A few examples include setting up online portals for parents to view student performance and attendance, reading student facebook and twitter posts, and tracking students with RFID chips in their school badges.

Some people say that we need to monitor students in new ways for their own safety. Others call it a slippery slope toward Orwellian surveillance.

How far should adults go to monitor students? Should adults monitor younger students differently than they do high school students?

To what degree should people continue to be monitored into adulthood and throughout their lives?