I have considered audio taping every one of my classes, but after checking into NYS law, it seems you can’t tape minors. They can submit fallacious statements which really can lead to a teacher being fired, but a teacher can’t tape them because they’re minors. If “minors” are SO believable and their adult professional teacher is not, then WHY does the State mandate that the state regents exams must be proctored very strictly to prevent cheating? How can they be believable for one thing and not for another?
What reason would a parent give for withholding permission for a classroom to be videotaped ? Locker rooms and bathrooms, of course not, but a classroom ? If I were a parent, I'd love to have the ability to randomly check audio/video recording every square inch of the public spaces where someone in authority is acting in loco-parentis of my kid.
Teachers unions have so much clout in most states that if they wanted to get such a law on the ballot or pushed through the legislature, they could do it. So that leaves me wondering if a majority of teachers are more afraid of their everyday non-molesting teaching performance being evaluated than they are of being falsely accused.