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California public schools will teach media literacy, help students spot fake news
Public school students in California will soon learn media literacy skills to help them identify fake news online and distinguish ads from legitimate news stories, thanks to a new law. The law, which requires an education commission to consider incorporating media literacy content into K-12 curricula when they’re revised after Jan. 1, was introduced in […]
Fake celebrity statements on Israel-Hamas war — and other news literacy lessons
Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save Here’s the latest installment of a feature I’ve been running for several years: lessons from the nonprofit, nonpartisan News Literacy Project (NLP) that aim to teach students and the public how to sort fact from fiction in our digital — and contentious — age. With […]
Book giveaway promotes literacy for English learners | News
In an effort to encourage reading among multilingual families, the Sutter County Library hosted a family book giveaway on Thursday for its students in the English literacy program, and namely Afghani refugees. Literacy Coordinator Ayla Elkins said that out of the 140 students in the literacy program, a significant amount are refugee families. Because of […]