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School: The web ate my homework
Newsweek - August 4, 2003
Schoolkids, beware: the "I don't have any homework" line might not fly anymore. Increasingly, parents are turning to school Web portals to monitor their kids' assignments, attendance and grades.
Edline, a leading provider of the portal technology, has seen its client list grow from a few dozen schools in 2000 to thousands across the country for this coming school year.
During the year, Mimi Rojo, whose son Daniel is about to enter the ninth grade at Ransom Everglades School in Coconut Grove, Fla., logs onto the Edline.com site regularly.
After punching in her son's name and a password, she gets continually updated information: homework coming due, recent test scores, progress reports.
If she's concerned about something, she can e-mail a teacher and get a quick reply--or request to be e-mailed when a particular grade has been posted.
With "a better feedback loop," says Jonathan Abrams, CEO of Edline, parental involvement increases and student performance problems come to light earlier. It's not all about policing, though.
Students can use the portals--which cost schools roughly $1,000 to $3,000 per year, depending on their size--to check Web pages for particular classes or get news about school sports, clubs and upcoming events.
While Mimi Rojo finds it all "very convenient," Daniel is less enthused. With parents "looking over your shoulder every minute," he says, "you don't develop the sense of being responsible for yourself." And it's so much harder to play hooky.