National Council of Teachers of English Hosts Advance Screening of Trust Me
NCTE partners with the Getting Better Foundation to share award-winning documentary with literacy educators.
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Trust Me is a feature documentary that explores manipulation and misinformation at the intersection of human nature and information technology. It explains how these drive a need for media literacy. Expert interviews point the way toward a positive future.
NCTE has partnered with the Getting Better Foundation to host a screening of the award-winning documentary Trust Me.
Trust Me is available until June 30. The retail price is $12.99. NCTE members can enjoy a 50% discount by using the promo code provided in their most recent INBOX email newsletter.
Education system is foundational to American democracy, civic experts say at Cubberley Lecture
Interpreter Patty Lessard (top left), Dean Daniel Schwartz (top middle), Gloria Ladson-Billings, Guadalupe Valdes (bottom left), Tom Ehrlich (bottom middle), Antero Garcia (bottom right). (Screenshot: JED NGALANDE/The Stanford Daily).
on April 28, 2021
Civic education plays a critical role in preserving and perpetuating American democracy, said National Academy of Education President Gloria Ladson-Billings Ph.D. ’84 at the Graduate School of Education’s (GSE) 2021 Cubberley Lecture.
“The perspective I share is about schools as a place to develop democrats small ‘d’ and to develop citizens,” the scholar and activist said.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and its James R. Squire Office of Policy Research in English/Language Arts unveiled three new policy briefs to address the urgency in expanding literacy instruction to ensure students are prepared to thrive in a world that is increasingly diverse and influenced by digital media. To do so, the field must rethink and expand programs to support teachers and teacher-candidates in developing an understanding of and proficiency in racial literacy, translanguaging, and critical media literacy.
The briefs, authored by leading scholars and released during the 2021 NCTE Virtual Leadership and Advocacy Summit on April 19, focus on three timely issues impacting literacy educators and their students, including:
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