Some Principles for Internet Safety

Having been a school principal for much of my working life I have had plenty of time to observe how people cope with change, and to discover a few guiding principles. Here is a handful of these that seem to apply to the current lively issue in schools about child safety and the internet.

1. learning involves risks but it is better than ignorance
2. there are few really new issues under the education sun
3. parents are sensible and realists
4. bad administrators seek control by fear
5. good administrators look to the long term

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Posted at 10:21PM May 28, 2008 by John Travers  |