The most direct avenue for change on this front is probably through school board elections. Everyone can help solve the problem.
Schools I am familiar with are managed in a very top-down way, so it's hard to see at what point teachers could push effectively. They are not likely to be involved in purchasing the hardware, selecting the software, or choosing (surveillance) vendors.
You could argue that the teacher's union could be spearheading the pro-privacy push. I would support that, but it might be kind of far from the "core business" of the union. There are areas with a greater and clearer short-term impact my city's local teacher's union has choosen (e.g., internet access for low-income students).
Schools I am familiar with are managed in a very top-down way, so it's hard to see at what point teachers could push effectively. They are not likely to be involved in purchasing the hardware, selecting the software, or choosing (surveillance) vendors.
You could argue that the teacher's union could be spearheading the pro-privacy push. I would support that, but it might be kind of far from the "core business" of the union. There are areas with a greater and clearer short-term impact my city's local teacher's union has choosen (e.g., internet access for low-income students).