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by jonhohle 546 days ago
You know how you get it right? Either on prem, offline everything, or explicit allow lists controlled by teachers for that specific period. Disable USB ports.

That’s what we moved to for one of our kids who couldn’t handle it. Except we have to control the access because the school won’t. It works.

Is it perfect? No. Google Docs is the worst due to embedding. But it beats whack-a-mole.

I’ve now had to do the management job of six teachers because they apparently don’t have the skill to deal with 30 kids with Swiss cheese restrictions. This, despite significant investments in software.

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I salute getting it right and not getting in a huff.

Some of the best sysadmins I've met are around academia because of the culture and they don't explode when being told their peers need to do better.