Right-wing media figures are systematically attacking a variety of initiatives intended to increase racial equity and inclusion in America’s education system. Since 2021, they have attacked or ...

Across Michigan, civics and social studies are disappearing from K-12 school curriculums, while children and young adults have more access to social media and the internet disinformation than ever ...

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 ...

Are you media literate? The 10th annual U.S. Media Literacy Week Oct. 21-25 is your chance to answer that question, and to celebrate the importance of critical thinking about media as a fundamental ...

Many adults—from teachers to the U.S. surgeon general —will tell you that social media has the potential to dangerously erode K-12 students’ mental health. School districts and lawmakers alike have ...

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 ...

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned this week following an intense right-wing campaign to oust the leaders of several prominent universities following their testimony at a congressional ...

Roosevelt High School 12th grade government teacher Aldo Parral uses the News Literacy Project's materials to teach his students about how to read the news and sniff out what's true and what's not in ...

More than 200 school districts have now sued the major social media companies over the youth mental health crisis. What started as a single lawsuit filed by the Seattle public schools one year ago has ...