Teaching Our Schoolkids to Be Suspects | Nat Hentoff | Cato Institute

Teaching Our Schoolkids to Be Suspects | Nat Hentoff | Cato Institute: “Those who … refuse to wear the SmartID badge will also be forced to stand in separate lunch lines (and) denied participation in student government and activities …”

“These tracking devices are not being employed to prevent students from cutting classes or foster better academics. It’s a money game. Using the devices to account for the students’ whereabouts on campus, whether in class or not, school administrators can ‘count’ students as being ‘in school’ and thereby qualify for up to $1.7 million from the state government.”

"Schools in Pinellas County, Fla., now use palm reading devices to allow children to purchase lunch."