Last month, Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, announced that it would end its fact-checking program in the U.S., leaving billions of users — many of whom are adolescents — to figure out for ...

California schools are now required to teach students how to recognize "fake news" by incorporating media literacy into lessons in English, science, math, and history classes throughout every grade ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Kirawa road school pupil Mali Ogawo in class Eight studying online in their house by ...

Tech experts, lawmakers and other public officials have long been warning about the dangers of artificial intelligence — especially when it comes to doctored or fake news sources. As such, schools ...

Distinguishing fact from fiction has become an increasingly common struggle for many people. "It's even difficult for me, and I'm kind of a news junkie, to discern what is real and what's not real," ...

At Providence Englewood Charter School in Chicago, teacher Jami Rhue, is giving students a lesson in critical thinking. "It was a newspaper. An online newspaper," Rhue said. "What's inside of a ...

From person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter ...

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 ...

is activism that evokes strong emotions in people eager to share messages — and sometimes misinformation — that matches their beliefs around politically-charged issues. In this lesson, you will ...

Kirawa road school pupil Mali Ogawo in class Eight studying online in their house by following lessons from the teacher in a school in Nairobi, Kiambu county. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Like millions ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — 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” ...