{"id":1414294,"date":"2022-04-01T07:31:08","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414294"},"modified":"2022-04-01T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T11:31:16","slug":"covid-brought-cameras-into-the-classroom-now-parents-should-demand-schools-keep-them-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/covid-brought-cameras-into-the-classroom-now-parents-should-demand-schools-keep-them-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid Brought Cameras Into The Classroom. Now Parents Should Demand Schools Keep Them On"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcovid-brought-cameras-into-the-classroom-now-parents-should-demand-schools-keep-them-on%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1414294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-03-31-at-4.31.18-PM-1024x608-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Each day brings fresh examples of those interacting with young children hell-bent on sexualizing them \u2014 be they kindergarten teachers who think it is their sacred right to talk about their private lives in the classroom, Disney executives who insinuate sexual content into entertainment, or child porn purveyors viewed as victims and receiving light sentences.<\/p>\n<p>It is this grotesque state of affairs that led Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign the Parental Rights Education Act into law. But how will parents know teachers\u00a0are complying with its ban on discussing sexual matters with children in grades K through 3?\u00a0More generally, how can parents help ensure their kids are not indoctrinated in woke leftism?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By video cameras in the classroom: that\u2019s how.\u00a0They are invaluable tools of parental empowerment that came of age in the Covid era of Zoom instruction. For the common good of society, they should be made permanent.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Objections about privacy and creation of a surveillance regime \u2013 valid as they may be \u2014 did not hold sway during the Covid health crisis; nor should they win the day in the present grooming crisis, especially since the victims are too young to protect themselves. And they are mitigable with numerous robust safeguards.<\/p>\n<p>The concerns about targeting young children in the classroom are real and ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>TikTok is replete with pierced and painted teachers bragging about how they indoctrinate their young students. On March 29, one Florida teacher bragged she will disobey the new law by keeping information about students secret from their parents. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><\/figure>\n<p>MSNBC recently interviewed a kindergarten teacher upset that the Florida bill impedes his ability to talk about his private life with \u201chis\u201d 5 and 6-year-old students: \u201cIt scares me that I am not going to be able to have these conversations with <em>my<\/em> children . . .I don\u2019t want to have to hide that my partner and I went paddleboarding this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Philadelphia educator\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/madelinepeltzer\/2020\/08\/10\/teacher-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-we-dont-want-you-to-know-the-radical-stuff-were-teaching-youre-kids-n2574000\">tweeted<\/a> his concern that parents listening in on virtual classroom instruction could cramp his ability to talk about race and sex with \u201chis\u201d children, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSo this fall, virtual class discussion will have many potential spectators \u2014 parents, siblings, etc. \u2014 in the same room. We\u2019ll never be quite sure who is overhearing the discourse.\u00a0 What does this do for our equity\/inclusion work?\u00a0\u00a0 . . . I am most intrigued\u00a0by the damage that \u2018helicopter\/snowplow\u2019\u00a0parents can do in honest conversations about gender\/sexuality . . . \u2018 [W]hile \u2018conservative\u2019 parents are my chief concern \u2014 I know that damage can come from the left too.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His worry was well-founded. During Covid, as virtual classrooms broadcasted into homes across the country, parents had unprecedented Zoom access to their kids\u2019 instruction.\u00a0And in many cases, they were shocked by what they observed, energizing them to speak up in school board\u00a0meetings\u00a0about abuses. This infamously led the Biden Administration to label such parents as \u201cdomestic terrorists.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There is no compelling reason the end of Covid restrictions should mean the end of classroom transparency. As most students return to learning in person, and in light of the clear and present danger to kids that manifests itself every day, it is vital to keep those cameras rolling. Given the stakes, there is no reasonable argument that parents should not be able to see the goings-on in the classroom if the teachers, administrators, and students. <\/p>\n<h2>Cameras Are Not Just for Police<\/h2>\n<p>It is a tautology that public education is a public act.\u00a0As with police and judges performing their public duties in the streets and in courtrooms, there is no expectation of privacy in the classroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, those supporting police body cameras should also support classroom cameras.\u00a0Both are designed to provide transparency in the case of public employees performing public duties.\u00a0 In both cases, they can detect and deter abuses of power, on the one hand, but can also provide exculpatory evidence for those falsely accused, on the other.<\/p>\n<p>There are legitimate concerns that videos could be accessed by persons other than parents for nefarious purposes.\u00a0Safeguards such as password-protected access can limit the ability to view the classroom to parents and legal guardians.\u00a0Software to prevent and detect downloading is often used by companies to prevent theft of computer-based intellectual property, as well as \u201cface blur\u201d and\/or voice distortion technology applicable to live video feeds. <\/p>\n<p>Parents can be afforded the opportunity to opt-in or opt-out, affording choice to parents and students alike.\u00a0 Criminal penalties for unauthorized use can be included in the enabling legislation. Additional protections can and should be explored.<\/p>\n<p>Florida and Iowa have recently considered bills mandating cameras in the classroom.\u00a0Both appear moribund for now. Such bills, with all appropriate safeguards, should be revived nationwide and made a focus in school board elections and the mid-terms. For the children.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Mr. Soriano, a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School, started his professional life at New York&#8217;s Simpson Thacher &#038; Bartlett before working in law and compliance in Corporate America, most recently as Chief Compliance Officer at Celgene Corporation and Insmed Incorporated, both pharmaceutical companies. 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