Kohn would have a field day with this one: When students in Biloxi, Miss., show up this morning for the first day of the new school year, a virtual army of digital cameras will be recording every minute of every lesson in every classroom.

Hundreds of Internet-wired video cameras will keep rolling all year long, in the hope that they'll deter crime and general misbehavior among the district's 6,300 students -- and teachers.

Here is a great Orwellian quote: ''It helps honest people be more honest,'' says district Superintendent Larry Drawdy", Um...whatever.