If a student shows up with visible bruises as the result of domestic abuse the teacher is supposed to make a report to CPS and let the professionals handle it (teachers are mandated reporters in the United States).
There's orders of magnitude difference between the chess club coach noticing a student displays aptitude and inviting them to join the club and a teacher _actively searching_ a students computer for "evidence" of them supporting the teachers politics-du-jour.
There's orders of magnitude difference between the chess club coach noticing a student displays aptitude and inviting them to join the club and a teacher _actively searching_ a students computer for "evidence" of them supporting the teachers politics-du-jour.