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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I did speak to Charles Allen’s office and they didn’t care at all. [/quote]

Lots of people I talk to see Amplify science as a niche issue and dismiss it. But maybe it needs to be connected to a larger issue around Ed Tech and just the chaotic, unregulated content that comes through as a result the lack of oversight. In the olden days of text books, the content within the textbooks was discussed ad nauseum. But now with Ed tech, we just let in any content without anyone caring? Not DCPS central office, and the teachers can't easily access it?

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A group of parents and DCPS teachers are working on an initiative to bring more attention to the issues with the proliferation of EdTech (including transparency, content quality, the now well-established science of what heavy screen-based learning does to brains and ... learning...).

https://www.change.org/p/invest-in-dc-kids-and-teachers-not-tech-companies

^^  Think it's largely PK-4th parents so far, but parents of older kids who have experienced issues with things like Amplify science should get involved...to um, amplify these challenges (hah). As well as MS teachers who are dealing with real challenge of teaching and managing kids who are so used to screen-based and gamified content from an early age, that they just struggle with grade-level work and ability to [i]focus[/i].

The 51st is hosting a mayoral candidate forum at MLK library in a couple of weeks: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ask-a-dc-candidate-a-51st-mayoral-forum-tickets-1986440385667

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