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Beyond Fact-Checking: 5 Things Schools Should Do To Foster News Literacy, Seth Ashley
Beyond Fact-Checking: 5 Things Schools Should Do To Foster News Literacy, Seth Ashley
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When it comes to news literacy, schools often emphasize fact-checking and hoax-spotting. But as I argue in my new book, schools must go deeper with how they teach the subject if they want to help students thrive in a democratic society.
As a new poll shows that Americans struggle to know if the information they find online is true, news literacy remains essential in student education.
Separating fact from fiction is a vital skill for civic engagement, but students can be good fact-checkers only if they have a broader understanding of how news and information are produced and consumed in …