One collection method comes through companies that sell schools the kind of Internet filtering devices that restrict access to pornography websites. And in some instances, ads also flash on those in-school computers. Schools are for learning, not market research. They should be doing more to safeguard children from such commercial intrusion. Unless they act on their own, yet another federal hand may soon come down on them.
Businesses do have a role in education.
They can lend financial and other kinds of support, and be recognized for such. But educators and businesses also need to recognize the boundaries - and stay within them.