When Illinois high schoolers go back to school this month, they'll have new coursework that lawmakers and Stanford researchers hope will prepare students to better detect misinformation and search for ...

Buffeted by disinformation and cynical about the media, most teens (94%) wish their schools taught media literacy, but only 39% got such instruction during the 2023-24 school year, according to a ...

The need for media literacy education is becoming increasingly important, according to advocates, as students are bombarded daily with questionable information on social media and other media ...

Understanding media is one of the most valuable and practical abilities students today need to learn. Critical-thinking skills have always been important for evaluating the accuracy and the import of ...

Millions of Americans now turn to social media for news, at least sometimes, and it’s clear that much of the “news” that they consume is not journalism. Misinformation is endemic to social media ...

This story was originally produced by the New Hampshire Bulletin, an independent local newsroom that allows NHPR and other outlets to republish its reporting. When students at Stevens High School in ...

Millions of Americans now turn to social media for news, at least sometimes, and it’s clear that much of the “news” they consume is not journalism. Misinformation is endemic to social media platforms, ...

Many parents remember when classrooms were hijacked by partisan agendas under the labels of “social justice” or “critical race theory” — and how grassroots outrage drove those ideologues into retreat.