Wishful Thinking

[...]when educators face the problem of school-based access to material on the Web, why not just install some filtering software, click the appropriate boxes to set what is acceptable and what is unacceptable, and relax, secure in the knowledge the children will be safe? If those who created the law...

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Published inPhi Delta Kappan Vol. 85; no. 9; p. 642
Main Author Smith, Bruce M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA Phi Delta Kappa Inc 01.05.2004
SAGE Publications
Phi Delta Kappa
Subjects
Academic Ability
Children
Computer software
Educational Equity (Finance)
Educational Finance
Evaluative Thinking
Federal Legislation
Filtering software
Internet
Learning
Mencken, Henry Louis (1880-1956)
Periodical indexing
Student attitudes
Students
Teacher education
Teachers
The Editor's Page
Young Adults
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Summary:[...]when educators face the problem of school-based access to material on the Web, why not just install some filtering software, click the appropriate boxes to set what is acceptable and what is unacceptable, and relax, secure in the knowledge the children will be safe? If those who created the law were not duplicitous - and I'm not able to believe so harsh an assessment of so many people who make our public policy - then they were simply engaging in wishful thinking. [...]what of the differences in student inclinations, in student attitudes, in school funding, in the quality of teachers, in the resources of communities and families? [...]taking Mencken one step further, the solutions to such complex problems as keeping young people safe on the Internet or working to help all children reach their full potential - if these solutions are to be anything but plain wrong - will need to be more than just simple and neat. -
ISSN:0031-7217
1940-6487
DOI:10.1177/003172170408500901