Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they can not become conscious.

The esteemed Mr. Stein has directed my attention to an editorial that appeared recently in the Detroit News. Pioneer is getting a lot of coverage in the metro Detroit media, and rightfully so. It's good to see the district held accountable for their decisions; The Detroit News has a circulation of over 200,000 readers, and the Detroit Free Press has a circulation of as many as 650,000 readers. These cameras are not getting put in without a huge fight, and it won't be coming exclusively from students. We may be "just kids," but the writers for the Detroit papers aren't. . .Keep up the good work. The more attention we get in Detroit, the larger the impact felt here. . .

Editorial
Go easy in surveilling students
Ann Arbor's school cameras raise Big Brother concerns
The Detroit News

Most of the time, we consider the rights of school children to be limited pretty much to the right to come to class, the right to learn their lessons from a competent teacher and the right to behave themselves.
But the students at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School who are claiming a right to privacy in objecting to the security cameras that cover nearly every inch of public space in the building have a compelling argument.
The Washtenaw County school district installed the cameras in hallways and other common areas as a security measure, joining school districts across the state and country in trying to more closely monitor what goes on inside their buildings.
The student council at Pioneer High School has enlisted the help of the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan in fighting the expanded surveillance.
Again, we think it's rare when the ACLU adds to the quality of the educational experience.
But the security cameras make us twitch. ACLU of Michigan Legal Director Michael J. Steinberg correctly expresses concern that saturating public schools with video cameras will condition students "to accept that surveillance is normal."
It isn't normal, and it most often isn't necessary.
School officials say security trumps privacy, but there's no evidence that keeping students under constant watch improves safety.
There may be places in the building where cameras are appropriate -- entranceways, for example. But students shouldn't have to live with the knowledge that their every move is being watched by someone.
We want our children to be safe when they attend school. We also want them to behave appropriately.
But we don't want them to learn to live in a constantly surveilled society where they are nervous about expressing themselves publicly for fear of recrimination. George Orwell wrote a pretty good book about the dangers of that sort of place.
There should be enough adults in school buildings to police the hallways without having to take a Big Brother approach to tracking students.