[throwaway092323]

Teacher here (high school CS). The article has its issues, but the content filtering is naive and overly-broad, just like it says. Here are some actual examples in my district: - A tool for converting Scratch programs to portable webpages was blocked as "shareware". - A reference page about the use of SSSP algorithms in game development was blocked under the category "games". - Whiteboard apps are sometimes blocked as "insufficient content". - Pages about infosec topics like hashcat are blocked under the category (you guessed it) "hacking". - Pages with the Minecraft source code (which I use in my AP Java class) are often blocked, so I have to spend extra time converting them to PDFs instead of just pasting the links into my lesson plans. - Github was blocked until enough CS teachers in the district pushed back.

Issues like this cost me time which I don't have enough of as it is. Since the students just find games that aren't blocked, I'd rather have the ability to access all pages (except adult content) and give consequences to off-task students as needed.