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U.S. Department of Education Official Dr. Libby Doggett to Speak in
Salt Lake City, Utah
SALT LAKE CITY, March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Just a few months after
President Barack Obama reaffirmed his major initiative to expand
preschool in his State of the Union address, Utahns have the chance to
hear from the U.S. Education Department's top early education official
at a free town hall event.
Dr. Libby Doggett, deputy assistant secretary of policy and early
learning at the U.S. Department of Education, will present "High Tech
Tots: Opportunities and Challenges" Tuesday, April 1 at 4:15 p.m. at
the Hilton Salt Lake City Center downtown. Her presentation will be
followed by a panel discussion with other early learning experts and
an open Q&A session.
Doggett's talk is sponsored by Waterford Institute, a nonprofit
educational product and research company based in Salt Lake City, UT.
The event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited, so
attendees will need to pre-register online to get a ticket.
Touch screens, mobile devices and other media are impacting families
and early educators, Doggett says. Her talk will cover questions like
"How are parents and teachers responding?" and "What types of research
and policies are needed to undergird the use of electronic media with
our youngest children?" Doggett, who holds a doctorate from the
University of Texas in early childhood special education, says we need
to ensure the education technology revolution lifts all children and
doesn't increase the country's economic divide.
A Texas native, Doggett was appointed to her current role in late
August 2013, making her the second person to hold the post created by
Obama in November 2011. Her number one priority has been working on
the President's early education initiative, which, in part, aims to
provide all low- and moderate-income 4-year-old children with
high-quality preschool, while also expanding these programs to reach
additional children from middle class families and incentivizing
full-day kindergarten policies.
Doggett began her career in the classroom as a first grade teacher in
Austin. She has since worked with the National Head Start Association
and directed Pre-K Now, a 10-year campaign to advance high-quality,
voluntary pre-kindergarten for all three- and four-year-olds in states
across the country. Just prior to her federal appointment, she led
The Pew Charitable Trust's campaign to expand home visiting programs
for expectant mothers and mothers with young children living in
poverty.
About Waterford Waterford Institute is a non-profit research center
that creates personalized, cloud-based instruction through
award-winning curriculum, content and assessment for children aged
Pre-K to 3rd grade. As a non-profit, Waterford is uniquely focused on
providing accessibility, equity and excellence for our youngest
learners to position them for a lifetime of learning and success. For
more information, visit www.waterford.org or call 801-349-2200.
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