Officials re-think their 24/7 activity-monitoring bracelet plan in Missouri
July 7, 2012
The Plan
The Parkway School District in St. Louis County, Missouri planned to monitor students’ physical activity using activity-monitoring bracelets, to be worn at school, outside of school, in bed…….24-hours a day. . Read about this plan on the Missouri Education Watchdog blog. Parents and citizens became concerned that permission was not requested, and they worried about how this data would be used and archived. Was this monitoring necessary?
The Retraction
After much uproar, even from international sources, the school district decided to shelve their data collection plan, at least for now, “until Parkway [School District] can better educate parents about the devices and get signed permission slips..” Read more about the cancellation of the plan.
The Plan
The Parkway School District in St. Louis County, Missouri planned to monitor students’ physical activity using activity-monitoring bracelets, to be worn at school, outside of school, in bed…….24-hours a day. . Read about this plan on the Missouri Education Watchdog blog. Parents and citizens became concerned that permission was not requested, and they worried about how this data would be used and archived. Was this monitoring necessary?
The Retraction
After much uproar, even from international sources, the school district decided to shelve their data collection plan, at least for now, “until Parkway [School District] can better educate parents about the devices and get signed permission slips..” Read more about the cancellation of the plan.