My first inclination is to say "Good. Facebook sucks," and leave it at that.
But really, do we need a law on the books making it a crime for teachers to associate with students in a non-classroom environment? And even if we do, how does the state enforce this? Will teachers be compelled to disclose all their social media accounts for review?
The "slippery slope" argument gets used way too often in politics, but it's easy to see how something like this can descend into a morass of scapegoating and witch hunting. The first time a kindergarden teacher friends someone supporting gay marriage or a junior high science teacher links to his church site that talks about intelligent design or a 6000 year old Earth the fireworks will start - and it won't be pretty for anyone.
Want to protect your kids? Get involved at the local level. Get to know your kids' teachers and the administrators at the school. Attend school board meetings. Don't delegate it to legislators in the state capital or in Congress.
Or do. But if you do, don't complain when the one size fits all solution cooked up by strangers fails to fit your situation.
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