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Per the title and much of the article, the students are running into these issues while using the laptops to do their homework. Waiver or not, a student shouldn’t be punished for trying to do their homework.
Did you ever have to do research for an essay when you were in school, where the topic wasn’t narrowly defined ahead of time? I.e., write a 500 word essay on the themes of this book, write about why you think a character’s actions were or weren’t believable, justified, etc., or write about something that happened during a particular war. I had to write several, and writing about a topic not discussed in class meant I had to do research to learn more. It would make sense for someone to choose a topic related to their disability, to their race, to their being lgbtq+, etc. - and this is one of the kinds of thing that is being blocked, but that shouldn’t be.
If my teacher assigns me an essay on a topic and then I do research related to that topic, getting called to the principal’s office because a cop needs to talk to me the next day shouldn’t be a feasible consequence.
I agree that students shouldn’t be required to have surveillance software on their computers, but I suspect that even if students brought their own computers, school districts would likely require surveillance software before letting them bring the computer to school.