Coming To Texas: Special-Ed Cams To Protect Students From Their Own Teachers

From NPR: By now, we’ve all heard about how body cameras could prevent more police violence, or at least catch it in the act. But what about cameras to protect special-needs kids from their own teachers — and the teachers themselves from false accusations?

It’ll be a reality soon in Texas. The Lone Star State passed a law in June that made it the first in the nation to make it mandatory for schools — if asked to do so — to videotape interactions between teachers and their special-needs students.

The law, which takes effect at the start of the next school year, applies to all of the state’s public schools and charters, and to any self-contained classroom in which at least half the students receive special-ed services for at least half the day.  (Read more)