M>> By Tracy Jan, Globe Staff
>> Boston Public School officials, who recently banned cellphone use
>> during the school day, are angering students with a new prohibition:
>> no checking or sending e-mail from Yahoo, Hotmail, or other personal
>> Web-based accounts from school.
> I don't see why this is a big deal. It's the school's computers and
> they should be able to regulate them any way they choose. It's no
> different from the workplace where an employer dictates what can and
> cannot be done on his computers.
There is a critical difference: The schools are publicly funded.
In some ways, I think schools acting to prevent harassment/ bullying
> between students is not such a bad idea.
It's not a bad idea, but denying access to Hotmail won't do squat.