Woj is wrong about cyberbullying

In her blog on Huffington Post, Esther Wojcicki contends that schools need to make stricter regulations governing cyberbullying, including punishing students for bullying done at home. This is, of course, ridiculous. Schools have never been allowed to interfere in student's home lives, even if it affects students safety. Schools have never been allowed to enter students homes and turn off the TVs and and facebooks, and they shouldn't be allowed to interfere with students lives in this way either. Furthermore, school intervention will have no deterrent effect on cyberbullying. Schools have been railing against normal bullying for almost a century, with no noticeable effect. Finally, schools are concerned primarily with students education, not their safety. If the duty of schools was to protect their students, they would hire cops, not teachers. Schools are concerned primarily with education, and no evidence exists showing that cyberbullying affects students performance in a way any more noticeable than getting dumped. Clearly, schools have no business dealing with cyberbullying.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/esther-wojcicki/protecting-kids-from-cybe_b_654744.html