We can expect more of this. Disney, which produces 'Baby Einstein', an infant training video that was panned in recent research, has written to the administration of the University of Washington asking them to require a retraction of 'irresponsible' statements. "Baby DVDs, videos may hinder, not help infants' language development," the university reported in a press release, following the publication of the work. Disney is of course free to criticize the research. But the tactic of communication with administration and demanding retraction reminds one more of the scholarship of thugs, not researchers. This is likely to become more common with an increasing commercial presence in the field of education. Via University Business.
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