To help with attendance??? "Hey Susie, will you carry my badge into English with you? I wanna skip..." Now the teachers won't even have to LOOK at the children to see if they're there... Sheesh... Yes, Big Brother, in a major kinda way...
"Sounds very innocent" Of course the mainstream media is going to make it sound that way. Their job is to tow the line, and keep the power establishment looking as squeaky clean as possible. Luckily an increasing number of people aren't buying into it. As for this nefarious occurance that was predicted in the bible, a mass movement has to be mobilized to Refuse and Resist. Read my thread in the "America Attacks" forum called "It's Finally come to this" parts 1 and 2.
Teachers, parents, and other supervisors don't watch kids just to keep them from wandering off. They also prevent kids from hurting themselves or others. If schools need electronics to keep track of where the kids are, then the kid's health and safety is not being adequatly monitered by the staff.