NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Yonty Friesem of Columbia College Chicago about a new law in Illinois that requires high school students to receive lessons on media literacy. An Illinois law went into ...

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 ...

Statewide cellphone bans aren’t the only measures policymakers are taking to help schools navigate a complex digital media landscape. At least half of U.S. states have enacted laws to advance media ...

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 ...

It’s happening in Illinois and Delaware. And in Texas, New Jersey and California. These are among the states that have passed laws requiring some level of media literacy instruction in their schools.

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 ...

A study from the News Literacy Project — “building a national movement to create systemic change in American education to ensure all students are skilled in news literacy before they graduate high ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The News Literacy Project (NLP), the nation’s leading provider of news literacy education resources for students, today announced a three year, $1.15 million grant from ...

For better or worse, social media has become an intrinsic part of adolescence. A majority of teens use YouTube (95%), TikTok (67%), Instagram (62%) and Snapchat (59%), according to a Pew Research ...

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, ...

For generations, teachers have been showing their students how to become informed citizens. The instruction hasn’t always been explicit and direct, but it has been part of countless lessons. Middle ...

New Jersey is poised to become the first state to mandate media literacy instruction for all students, beginning in kindergarten. Credit: Jayk7/Getty Images The Hechinger Report covers one topic: ...