I found the reason why my school is BLOCKING Scratch (ST please read this could be solved in NGP)

PaperMarioFan2024

Ykw I think of this… I think this… is so foolish…

Who would’ve thought that schools could just have the power to ban anything whenever they want? It’s a tyranny!

Schools didn’t get to decide who gets censored or what gets blocked… they weren’t given this power and kind of leverage to ban anything outright whenever they want to without repercussions or getting sued for it. The school system has had its flaws and its many failures and it’s scandals, but this draws the line for me.

I won’t stand for a school district censoring anything that fits the overall theme of what education should be about. Like I get the social aspect of Scratch being the overall problem for students here and the fact that you can interact with anyone online and play the same games as them from projects, but why must they have to resort to banning the entire website without thinking twice about the effects it’ll have on other students in the same school? It’s insanity.

If it’s not trying to teach kids to learn and think for themselves, then it’s bottom line censorship and the school system being the villains. It should come off as an offense and a bad view to anyone who appreciates what Scratch for what it is and what it stands for in the coding community and the art community as well. School or not, they should rethink what they’re doing. Scratch belongs in the classroom, even if it has a community in it.

Last edited by PaperMarioFan2024 (Oct. 15, 2026 02:27:52)

knowitall1237

Magudragon wrote:
Okay, the 2nd part could intimidate the IT administrator to block all game websites as a challenge, but I'm just going to add it should be the teacher's responsibility to see if their students are on task.

Yeah I was going to make that point but I had to close my computer so I didn't have time to

Going as far as to block actually educational websites because some people use it incorrectly is only hurting the people who use the site for actual learning. Schools have to realize that “group punishment” isn't a solution, and it never was

leog20162

Magudragon wrote:
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don't worry bro.
i got you ima contact scratch

Magudragon

leog20162 wrote:
Magudragon wrote:
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don't worry bro.
i got you ima contact scratch

I'm not sure if we need that since Codubee responded.

Last edited by Magudragon (Oct. 15, 2026 10:25:18)

leog20162

Magudragon wrote:
leog20162 wrote:
Magudragon wrote:
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don't worry bro.
i got you ima contact scratch
I'm not sure if we need that since Codubee responded.

oh i did not see that sry

super-ego

knowitall1237 wrote:
Magudragon wrote:
"The school is not allowed by law to allow students to use websites that share data with the outside world. This is why youtube and google maps were blocked, but google classroom is allowed. Google shares information on youtube with anyone who is willing to pay their price."
wh- HUH?
Ok I need to comment on this.
The censorship is getting out of hand. I understand blocking social media sites intended for adults, but blocking literally every form of sharing data over the internet is WAY too far. Especially Scratch of all websites, which has, you know, actual moderation

No it doesn;t

ActionKid2089

super-ego wrote:
knowitall1237 wrote:
Magudragon wrote:
"The school is not allowed by law to allow students to use websites that share data with the outside world. This is why youtube and google maps were blocked, but google classroom is allowed. Google shares information on youtube with anyone who is willing to pay their price."
wh- HUH?
Ok I need to comment on this.
The censorship is getting out of hand. I understand blocking social media sites intended for adults, but blocking literally every form of sharing data over the internet is WAY too far. Especially Scratch of all websites, which has, you know, actual moderation
No it doesn;t

Well, it has reporting and moderation, sometimes working too effectively or not effectively enough, but the report button and contact scratch team page really count as moderation. I just think the school district is being far far too controlling on the kids. You know, instead of trying to nurture a school focused environment, they are only making kids try and find more workarounds and raise anger. I mean, tbh, I guess schools can have SOME blocking (note the word SOME and I mean SOME not like A LOT) but when you start banning things like Scratch which is clearly designed for kids and on the more whatsoever Youtube which all my teachers use to teach us, then a school is too controlling. District? Oh I won't even go there. I mean, just teach dang digital safety and citizenship for crying out loud, it isn't that hard.

gdfsgdfsgdfg

gdfsgdfsgdfg wrote:
YT was also blocked in my city's DOE accounts
it was a recent ban (late 2026)

gotta convince the DOE to not block Scratch either

anyways to main OP
using just this forum post is unlikely gonna convince the school to unblock Scratch
there should be a different solution

have you found a solution yet? (that isn't a forum topic)

Rosics

ActionKid2089 wrote:
medians wrote:
What are the other reasons though?
EDIT: But Scratch can be used in education, I mean even NGP is going to allow Google accounts so in my opinion sharing information is really just a fault of the students themselves, not of the platform. And, Scratch Team doesn't encourage sharing of information.

My school district is going to love the google sign-in, our district has a Google Workspace plan.
Sad that for MY SCHOOL in the district, Scratch got IP blocked for some reason.

ionizedgas

Ironic thing is is that Google is extremely lenient on privacy, they will gladly steal your personal information left and right, yet schools in many places seem to have settled on Google everything, Google computers, Google operating systems, Google browsers, Google services, everything is Google yet they put Scratch on their block list because it might compromise personal student info… Yeah I hate Google, if you couldn't tell. School Chromebooks are more like expensive paperweights than actual computers.

Last edited by ionizedgas (Oct. 15, 2026 22:30:21)

gdfsgdfsgdfg

ionizedgas wrote:
Ironic thing is is that Google is extremely lenient on privacy, they will gladly steal your personal information left and right, yet schools in many places seem to have settled on Google everything, Google computers, Google operating systems, Google browsers, Google services, everything is Google yet they put Scratch on their block list because it might compromise personal student info… Yeah I hate Google, if you couldn't tell. School Chromebooks are more like expensive paperweights than actual computers.

all of this, just to still be used by users

DanielaScunk

ionizedgas wrote:
Ironic thing is is that Google is extremely lenient on privacy, they will gladly steal your personal information left and right, yet schools in many places seem to have settled on Google everything, Google computers, Google operating systems, Google browsers, Google services, everything is Google yet they put Scratch on their block list because it might compromise personal student info… Yeah I hate Google, if you couldn't tell. School Chromebooks are more like expensive paperweights than actual computers.

How are you going to search stuff up then?

o97doge

DanielaScunk wrote:
ionizedgas wrote:
Ironic thing is is that Google is extremely lenient on privacy, they will gladly steal your personal information left and right, yet schools in many places seem to have settled on Google everything, Google computers, Google operating systems, Google browsers, Google services, everything is Google yet they put Scratch on their block list because it might compromise personal student info… Yeah I hate Google, if you couldn't tell. School Chromebooks are more like expensive paperweights than actual computers.
How are you going to search stuff up then?

DuckDuckGo, Kagi, Bing, Ecosia, Qwant, and so on.

PaperMarioFan2024

o97doge wrote:
DanielaScunk wrote:
ionizedgas wrote:
Ironic thing is is that Google is extremely lenient on privacy, they will gladly steal your personal information left and right, yet schools in many places seem to have settled on Google everything, Google computers, Google operating systems, Google browsers, Google services, everything is Google yet they put Scratch on their block list because it might compromise personal student info… Yeah I hate Google, if you couldn't tell. School Chromebooks are more like expensive paperweights than actual computers.
How are you going to search stuff up then?
DuckDuckGo, Kagi, Bing, Ecosia, Qwant, and so on.

You basically just stole what I was going to say lol.

There is Opera, FireFox and Brave as well, but I just prefer to use DuckDuckGo more over Google now personally.

adasher3232

PaperMarioFan2024 wrote:
o97doge wrote:
DanielaScunk wrote:
ionizedgas wrote:
Ironic thing is is that Google is extremely lenient on privacy, they will gladly steal your personal information left and right, yet schools in many places seem to have settled on Google everything, Google computers, Google operating systems, Google browsers, Google services, everything is Google yet they put Scratch on their block list because it might compromise personal student info… Yeah I hate Google, if you couldn't tell. School Chromebooks are more like expensive paperweights than actual computers.
How are you going to search stuff up then?
DuckDuckGo, Kagi, Bing, Ecosia, Qwant, and so on.
You basically just stole what I was going to say lol.

There is Opera, FireFox and Brave as well, but I just prefer to use DuckDuckGo more over Google now personally.

And also DuckDuckGo has a much better name!

medians

DanielaScunk wrote:
How are you going to search stuff up then?

Not to be rude, but why are you saying this as if google is the only search engine and as if Chrome is the only web browser

super-ego wrote:
knowitall1237 wrote:
Magudragon wrote:
"The school is not allowed by law to allow students to use websites that share data with the outside world. This is why youtube and google maps were blocked, but google classroom is allowed. Google shares information on youtube with anyone who is willing to pay their price."
wh- HUH?
Ok I need to comment on this.
The censorship is getting out of hand. I understand blocking social media sites intended for adults, but blocking literally every form of sharing data over the internet is WAY too far. Especially Scratch of all websites, which has, you know, actual moderation
No it doesn;t

Yes it does

PaperMarioFan2024 wrote:
There is Opera, FireFox and Brave as well, but I just prefer to use DuckDuckGo more over Google now personally.

I mean those are more like web browsers though

KirbyaldoProjects16

Maybe your school is evil for goguardian and other goguardian knock offs

KirbyaldoProjects16

medians wrote:
DanielaScunk wrote:
How are you going to search stuff up then?
Not to be rude, but why are you saying this as if google is the only search engine and as if Chrome is the only web browser
super-ego wrote:
knowitall1237 wrote:
Magudragon wrote:
"The school is not allowed by law to allow students to use websites that share data with the outside world. This is why youtube and google maps were blocked, but google classroom is allowed. Google shares information on youtube with anyone who is willing to pay their price."
wh- HUH?
Ok I need to comment on this.
The censorship is getting out of hand. I understand blocking social media sites intended for adults, but blocking literally every form of sharing data over the internet is WAY too far. Especially Scratch of all websites, which has, you know, actual moderation
No it doesn;t
Yes it does
PaperMarioFan2024 wrote:
There is Opera, FireFox and Brave as well, but I just prefer to use DuckDuckGo more over Google now personally.
I mean those are more like web browsers though

Its because of like being strangers with someone or maybe your school is getting scratch blocked

Magudragon

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Last edited by Magudragon (Oct. 17, 2026 00:20:35)

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