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| To Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring                |
|   from the kids-aren’t-people dept.                                |
|   posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday May 12, @13:15 (Education)     |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1633251 |
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The New York Times is reporting that a school district in Texas is trying
a new angle in combating truancy. Instead of punishing students with
detention they are [0]tagging them with electronic monitoring devices.
“But the future of the Dallas program is uncertain. Mr. Pottinger’s
company, the Center for Criminal Justice Solutions, is seeking $365,000
from the county to expand the program beyond Bryan Adams. But the effort
has met with political opposition after a state senator complained that
ankle cuffs used in an earlier version were reminiscent of slave chains.
Dave Leis, a spokesman for NovaTracker, which makes the system used in
Dallas, said electronic monitoring did not have to be punitive. ‘You can
paint this thing as either Big Brother, or this is a device that connects
you to a buddy who wants to keep you safe and help you graduate.’”

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Links:
0. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/education/12dallas.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss