School Boards Rule, Internet No Longer Dangerous

destinyland writes "Good news. The National School Boards Association, which represents 95,000 school board members, just released a report declaring fears of the internet are overblown. In fact, after surveying 1,277 students, "the researchers found exactly one student who reported they'd actually met a stranger from the internet without their parents' permission. (They described this as "0.08 percent of all students.") The report reminds educators that schools initially banned internet use before they'd realized how educational it was. Now instead they're urging schools to include social networks in their curriculum!"

Comments

The internets be edjucationel

[lonechicken]

"...76% of parents expect social networking will improve their children's reading and writing skills..."

The internet improving the writing skills of children? That's unpossible!

Re:Now we can visit grammar sites

[Joe Random]

However, comma overuse, you see, is something that, though sometimes problematic, can also, in my opinion at least, be a bit subjective, owing to the fact that, in certain instances, things could be expressed in multiple ways, and the expression with fewer commas may not be, to the average person, immediately obvious, or even desirable, depending on the circumstances.

Re:Now we can visit grammar sites

[beders]

The problem, with that, is, you hear William Shatner's voice, in your head...

Re:.08%?

[bdonalds]

At which Verizon location do you work?