American Academy of Pediatrics Issues Recommendations On #ScreenTime and Exposure to Cell Phones

The American Academy of Pediatrics has recently issued two new sets of recommendations on media use for children.  At first glance, popular news headlines suggest elimination of the previous “no screens before age two” recommendations (see NPR’s American Academy of Pediatrics Lifts ‘No Screens Under 2’ Rule and KQED’s American Academy of Pediatrics Says Some Screen Time is Okay for…

National NAACP Board Approves Resolution Calling for Moratorium on Charter School Expansion

[October 15, 2016 Press Release from NAACP.org] “Statement Regarding The NAACP’s Resolution on a Moratorium on Charter Schools  CINCINNATI – Members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Board of Directors ratified a resolution Saturday adopted by delegates at its 2016 107th National Convention calling for a moratorium on charter school expansion and…