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 ...

In the age of TikTok, teen depression, and information overload, parents and lawmakers have increasingly turned to K-12 schools to teach students how to navigate our media environment. Eighteen states ...

Two years ago, the Illinois General Assembly pioneered legislation requiring the state's public schools to teach media literacy. It was a major step in helping to equip today's students - and tomorrow ...

In the spring of 2024, we set out to improve student engagement in my digital media literacy course by listening to students and parents regarding their concerns. What emerged was a shared sense of ...

SPRINGFIELD — A survey of Illinois educators reveals a significant disparity in how they interpret a three-year-old state law’s requirement to teach high school students a “unit of instruction” on ...

Across Michigan, civics and social studies are disappearing from K-12 school curriculums, while children and young adults ...

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: ...

Media literacy is an essential skill for the digital age; it shapes critical thinking and prepares students to enter civic life. Credit: Getty Images. We live in the age of artificial intelligence and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Teachers and high school students live in vastly different media worlds, and that's one of several digital divides that undermine the efficacy of state-mandated media literacy instruction in Illinois ...

The global market intelligence firm International Data Corporation estimated in 2024 that more data had been created in the three preceding years than in all of history before that. With this trend ...