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 in | Phi Delta Kappan Vol. 85; no. 9; p. 642 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Los Angeles, CA
Phi Delta Kappa Inc
01.05.2004
SAGE Publications Phi Delta Kappa |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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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. - |
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ISSN: | 0031-7217 1940-6487 |
DOI: | 10.1177/003172170408500901 |