Hmm... thats interesting... I remember when my high school used to have rubbish network security and we had Quake II and Age of Empires II installed so we could play network games... fun times. Unfortunetly, my college actually knew what they were doing when it came to security so that all stopped...
Quake II probably isn't what they have in mind for this trial though...
Its a good idea, and could probably help some children develop those skills, but I doubt playing games will be popular with teachers.