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Waterford Gets $20M+ Grant for Online Preschool. Its Critics Are Not Happy.

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Founded in Utah in 2009, Waterford provides a program that mixes adaptive software for preschool-aged kids, along with child development training and check-ins for parents. Waterford’s program does track with the AAP’s guidelines , which recommend no more than an hour of high-quality screen time per day for kids aged 2 to 5.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills.

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‘Bigly’ Education Decisions for 2017

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President Obama allowed the program to expire in 2009, but it was reauthorized for five years in 2011. Department of Education (ED) staff, Congressional leaders, state school chiefs, and leaders of major trade associations, think tanks, and advocacy groups.). It allows about 1,200 eligible students in Washington D.C.

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Are we ready? How we are teaching – and not teaching – kids about climate change

The Hechinger Report

Texas, which because of its market size plays an influential role in shaping the content of textbooks even beyond its borders, is one of six states that develops its own curriculum standards, while 20 follow the national guidelines and another 24 have adopted modified versions. It’s very common to face backlash in the classroom.”.

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