Civic Online Reasoning in the news Read coverage of the Stanford History Education Group's research to help students sort fact from fiction online.*
How to Tell News Fact from Fiction, Even During a War
"If you're asking students to open up their Chromebooks, you need to give them the skills to responsibly use them," Ms. Kellison, a social studies curriculum specialist at Lincoln Public Schools, said.
Fighting Disinformation Can Feel Like a Lost Cause. It Isn't.
"When the [Stanford History Education Group] incorporated these lessons into a 12th-grade civics course, they found almost immediate improvement in the students’ ability to think critically about that information."
Media Literacy Is Desperately Needed in Classrooms Around the Country, Advocates Say
"Researchers from SHEG argued that the volume of content on the internet is unsurmountable and that there simply aren’t enough hours in a day to research every single issue — but people need efficient, time-saving strategies to separate good information from bad."
