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Worried About Screen Time? Don't Let Kids Go It Alone

​January 4, 2017
NPR   ​

"There are more than 80,000 educational apps in Apple's app store. It seems like a great way to encourage brain development and make your little one the smartest baby genius. But just sticking a tablet in your kid's hands might not be as helpful. Sure, use the app. But it's not a babysitter — you've got to help them use it, too."

Free Market for Education? Economists Generally Don’t Buy It

​December 30, 2016
​The New York Times

"Unswerving adherence to free, private markets will not solve the problems faced by our education system."

The Classroom Where Fake News Fails

December 22, 2016
NPR   ​​

"Instead of teaching students the fundamentals of fact-checking, many schools simply ignore the problem, blocking social media sites on school computers.... "[T]hat's like teaching [students] to drive in the parking lot and then sending them out on the interstate and saying 'Good luck!'"

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