This legislation comes as states across the country are trying to make media literacy a part of the school curriculum to teach students about thinking critically when consuming media, to question where the information is coming from and to differentiate fact from fiction. This is a critical and urgent issue. We have to stop thinking about this in the terms of partisanship and really focus on what our country and children need, said Erin McNeill, president and founder of Media Literacy Now, a nonprofit that works to get media literacy education in K-12 schools across the United States.
McNeill, a former journalist for Congressional Quarterly, said her organization s proposals include students learning to examine different types of images and videos coming from different forms of media.
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A group of educators is advocating for New York State-wide media literacy education in public schools. (Shutterstock)
HICKSVILLE, NY A group of educators wants to see all New York State public school students receive formal education in an area that they feel is highly neglected and crucial in children s lives: media literacy. A group called Media Literacy Now is pushing for statewide legislation that will introduce formal education, resources and professional development for teachers in media literacy.
Jaclyn Kahn Siegel is a Hicksville resident who is the New York chapter leader for the group and she tells Patch that she sees this need firsthand as a history and special education teacher.
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Texas minority students have always faced inequalities compared to their white peers, but new data shows the COVID-19 pandemic is widening the education gap, and that could mean negative consequences for everyone in the state.
School leaders and educational advocates warned during an ABC13 town hall Thursday night that lawmakers only have a small window of time to take action, as thousands of students have disengaged from virtual learning or have been lost in the shuffle altogether. Eighty percent of the children in Houston today are either African American or Latino, said Andy Canales, executive director of Latinos for Education Greater Houston. Our collective future rests on their success.
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Texas minority students have always faced inequalities compared to their white peers, but new data shows the COVID-19 pandemic is widening the education gap, and that could mean negative consequences for everyone in the state.
School leaders and educational advocates warned during an ABC13 town hall Thursday night that lawmakers only have a small window of time to take action, as thousands of students have disengaged from virtual learning or have been lost in the shuffle altogether. Eighty percent of the children in Houston today are either African American or Latino, said Andy Canales, executive director of Latinos for Education Greater Houston. Our collective future rests on their success.