Taxes always come from the same people. Far as I know, accounting was good enough to account for the need of extra funding, not gizmos. Whether or not it increases taxes, (which you are guaranteed that it will at some point), it grows the beaurecracy and with that grows waste, corruption and government spending.
It is not necessary, it is a waste. It's just an excuse to expel more hot air.
If the teachers cannot keep track of their charges, perhaps there are other problems that are not student generated. Maybe the school is just incompetent. Extra gizmos won't change that. It will just be another thing they can't handle.
I think teachers kept track of student populations before these gizmos. It's just an excuse to grow their empires.
We may not be talking about zombies, but we are talking about a leash. And training people to accept a leash at a very early age. We're not talking about life training or education, we're talking about thinking inside the box, by force. Remember from the earlier part of the thread, some said that youth do not have rights. I think this is an issue and an important one. When people don't have rights, they don't have responsiblities either. Or at the least, we create the excuse by denying their rights, limited as they would be via age of majority, but little to none is flawed.
The world sucks enough without having to be leashed in school. It may be a zombie factory whether we wish to admit it or not. Some people that have an alleged education, approved education, couldn't find their ass with both hands and flashlight. but they are easily tracked. Some of them couldn't spell cat or add two numbers. But they can text like zombies, u no whut I mean, LOL?