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PragerU Kids came to wider media attention in the United States following the state of Florida's decision to allow PragerU Kids videos to be shown in the state's schools. [2] Much of the content of PragerU Kids has come under scrutiny of media experts and educators, such as videos which downplay the Warsaw Uprising.
PragerU, known for making conservative web videos, has gotten a line of cartoon videos and education materials, called PragerU Kids, into public schools in four states.
PragerU is based in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California, [3] and it had around 50 employees as of January 2020. [7] PragerU encourages students to join "PragerFORCE", an international student organization to promote PragerU's videos and ideology; about 6,500 college and high school students promoted its videos as of 2020. [7]
In 2009, Prager and his producer Allen Estrin started a website called PragerU, which creates five-minute videos on various topics from a conservative perspective. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ needs update ] BuzzFeed News described PragerU as "one of the biggest, most influential and yet least understood forces in online media."
Among the PragerU Kids videos making the rounds on social media is one called “Leo & Layla Meet Frederick Douglass,” in which a pair of children go back in time and meet an animated depiction ...
PragerU, a right-wing, unaccredited organization, provides instructional materials to K-12 public schools in at least eight states. But some of its content has been criticized.
Allen Estrin, PragerU Allen Estrin (born June 20, 1954) [ 3 ] is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and author. He is known for screenwriting with his late brother Mark Estrin, [ 4 ] co-writing a novel with Joseph Telushkin , [ 5 ] and his current work with Dennis Prager .
This summer, the Florida Department of Education approved content created by the Christian conservative advocacy group PragerU Kids for use in public schools, including a video instructing that ...