BELTWAY BLOG

By ‘beltway' we're referring to the one around our nation's capital, inside of which a lot of activity takes place that has implications for media literacy education. The Beltway Blog is a place to discuss, examine, and critique reports focusing on the use and influence of media in our society along with legislative and policy initiatives coming out of the U.S. Congress and state legislatures. Our emphasis here will be on what all this official activity means for media literacy education and research. Please join in the discussion!

It's an Exciting Time for Media Literacy in Washington

By Frank Gallagher / May 20, 2008

During the Clinton administration, money flowed into educational technology. During the Bush administration, repeated attempts have been made to zero out technology programs from the Department of Education budget. In the Bush years, many of the groups advocating technology in education had to learn to work together to successfully defend technology funding during budget deliberations.

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