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Stephen Downes

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Everyone else must live under video surveillance, argues this article, so why shouldn't school children? "It helps honest people be more honest," says district Superintendent Larry Drawdy. What I wonder is whether any research has been done on the social and cultural impact of constant video surveillance of school age children. It seems to me that it would have an effect, and not necessarily a good one.

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