Yet even in this area educators, ethicists and lawmakers warn that the Internet has created a murky territory of outdated laws and shifting standards.
But educators warned that these attempts alone will not stop the problem.
A poorly managed portfolio system could lead to a patchwork of standards across a large state, some educators warn.
But some educators warn that such a headlong rush to a promising technology may bepremature, if not misguided.
But other educators have warned that it is too limited to effect drastic change.
Some educators warn that visions of a career transformation can be naïve.
As soon as handheld calculators appeared in classrooms, educators warned that the devices would undermine the learning of mathematics.
But educators and child psychologists warned that the new policy could do more harm than good by needlessly scaring kindergartners and other young pupils.
All the ambiguities now in the footnotes, warned one Catholic educator, will quickly become the main text.
But concerned educators and policymakers are warning that those days are over.